Salsa Beargrease vs Surly Krampus Rigid
Both published charts held against each other, on the specs that decide what the bike carries.
The short answer
The Beargrease takes tire clearance, the rack path and bottle positions; the Krampus Rigid takes price. Which matters more is your route, not a scoreboard.
Assembled from the differences below rather than written over them, so it cannot drift from the table. Every figure is the manufacturer's; nobody here has ridden either bike.
Where they differ
4 of the 7 things we can compare come out differently. The rest are close enough not to decide anything.
Widest published tire
41mm more on the BeargreaseThe frame figure, not the fork's — forks are routinely cut for more rubber than the rear triangle. Loaded, tire width is also seat-pack clearance: a big tire and a sagging pack compete for the same space.
Rear rack
Beargrease is the one you can bolt a rack to without hunting for partsRead from each maker's own mount wording. An adapter is a real cost the price tag does not mention, and 'not published' is not the same as no — it just is not something to buy a rack on.
Frame bottle positions
1 more on the BeargreaseThe maximum the maker publishes across sizes. Worth knowing before you buy a frame bag, because a full-frame bag covers most of them.
From
$320.99 between themManufacturer's cheapest complete build. Every spec above belongs to the frame and does not change between builds of the same model, so the cheapest build of the right frame is usually the right answer.
Side by side
Including the rows where the two are level, because a spec that doesn't separate them is still a spec you might be checking.
| Salsa Beargrease | Surly Krampus Rigid | |
|---|---|---|
| Frame bag space | 1629 cm² | 1644 cm² |
| Widest published tire | 76mm on 700c / 29in, 102mm on 650b / 27.5in, 117mm on 26in | 76mm on 700c / 29in |
| Rear rack | Needs an extra part — Alternator 170/177 and Rack-Lock seat collar | Not published |
| Fork cargo mounts | Published | Published |
| Frame bottle positions | 2 | 1 |
| Chainstay | 440mm | 435mm |
| From | $2,319.99 | $1,999 |
| Sizes | 5 | 4 |
| Frame | Carbon | 4130 Chromoly steel |
Drawn to scale
Largest published size of each, built from the charts rather than illustrated. The front triangle is the part that decides frame bag fit.
