Salsa's recommended size chart...?

[jessmarimba]

Anyone know what the small 29er (specifically El Mariachi Ti) works out to? I want to add a hardtail to my stable and ti is my dream but it must be a 29er. It looks to me like it would be too big in comparison to a Specialized Small HT 29er which I know the Stumpjumper fits me well. Our team mostly rides Specialized but I don't want carbon. We are supposed to race what they sell meaning Salsa or Independent Fabrication is my only Ti option. This is mostly a "maybe next year" fantasy but curious.

I've only been on the older Salsas, which ran pretty big. My Fargo is a small, my C'dale 26 inch is a medium and I was looking for a small mamasita or dos niner when I found my current (small) Niner EMD. But...haven't tried this year's models.

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I recall reading somewhere that the Salsas of maybe pre-'11 were larger than the ones of the last couple model years.

I just noticed that they don't offer an XS in the Ti, though--just the steel. Maybe that will change for '13, though...? Salsa's big release event for the '13 models is this weekend, so maybe we'll find that they've come out with a S for this coming model year.