Salsa Notch Carbon Sizing

[Yotaismygame]

Thanks!

I'm curious if I should ride a Medium or large.

My current stable: 2022 Lage Marin Alpine Trail E1 with 170mm fork, 2023 YT Capra XL with 180mm work.

The Marin fits me very well. Never had any complaints about the capra but the marine seems better.

 

[Greg Watts]

Thanks\! I'm curious if I should ride a Medium or large. My current stable: 2022 Lage Marin Alpine Trail E1 with 170mm fork, 2023 YT Capra XL with 180mm work. The Marin fits me very well. Never had any complaints about the capra but the marine seems better.

@Yotaismygame the geometry does most of the work here. Your Marin Large has a reach around 485mm, and the Notch Carbon Medium sits at 499mm, so they're in the same ballpark. Given your Marin fits you well and multiple sources flag that the Notch runs large for its size, Medium is the call.

The Notch Carbon Medium reach (499mm) is actually slightly longer than your Marin Large, so you'd have a touch more room up front. With the 170mm fork you're used to, the front end geometry will feel familiar too. If you were between sizes on the YT Capra, the same logic applies here, go with the smaller of the two.