I have a Ritchey Road "Classic" fillet brazed bike. I bought it used after a decade or more on Italian road bike, Reparto Corsa Bianchis and the like. The Ritchey handles and responds better than any of those bikes. Over the years I have re-simplified it with down tube shifters, single pivot brakes, friction shifting, etc. It weighs less than it did with Campy Chorus Ergo and, with 25s instead of 19-23 wide tires, it's a versatile all-day-long bike.
The problem comes when going for a ride... Ritchey? All-Rounder? The 3 speed I designed and built? Such terrible choices to have to make! I can only ride one a a time. Ritchey's building philosophy came in part from years of Jobst rides in the Santa Cruz mountains on fire roads, long climbs, hike-a-bikes, etc. Simple and strong gets you there and back again more often than not. I think that there is a slideshow video on YouTube from a number of years of those rides posted by Ray Hosler. Tim On Mar 4, 2013, at 4:56 PM, Aaron Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > In light of Grant's recent Blug post, which mentioned the influence of Tom > Ritchey, this interview just published on Road Bike Review may be of interest > to the list: > > http://reviews.roadbikereview.com/2013-predictions-tom-ritchey-of-ritchey-design > > I particularly liked his quip that the bike industry, which "innovated" away > from clearances to run larger tires, is in some ways "'innovating' back to > where we started." > > —Aaron > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
