Are Ritchey Bikes good?

The ride quality of a Ritchey Logic frame is phenomenal. Ritchey bikes are noted for being stiff yet resilient. If you are not familiar with how steel frames ride compared to carbon fiber, your first impression may be that steel has more lateral flex in the bottom bracket. More so than aluminum or titanium.

What steel does Ritchey use?

chromoly steel
Ritchey builds the Road Logic with triple butted chromoly steel tubing, with traditional diameters and shapes throughout.

Where are Ritchey bikes made?

San Carlos
San Carlos, California is home to Ritchey Design, recognized around the world as one of the cycling industry’s premier innovators of high-quality bicycle components.

Does Ritchey sell complete bikes?

Ritchey 2021 Break-Away Outback Steel Gravel Frameset or Complete Bike.

Is the Ritchey Road logic a rim brake bike?

Since 2020, Ritchey has made its Road Logic available as a complete bike. It’s a rim brake version only and comes equipped with Shimano’s tried-and tested 11-speed Ultegra gruppo.

What kind of tubeset does Ritchey Road logic use?

Destined to be a modern classic, Tom designed an all-new, heat-treated and triple-butted Ritchey Logic tubeset for the new Road Logic, featuring aggressively short-butted sections optimized for TIG welding that save weight and improve ride quality.

What kind of bike does Tom Ritchey make?

Designer and framebuilder Tom Ritchey has been making bikes and gear for 45 years, and this model is a great example of the work that got him inducted into the Bicycling Hall of Fame. The Comp Road Logic is equal parts classic and modern. It’s made for long road rides, especially ones that cross (or take place only on) unpaved roads.

When was the first Ritchey Road bike made?

Custom-designed thin walled tubing, butted unicrown forks, and front and rear specific tire tread patterns are all Ritchey inventions. A competitive road rider who raced on the US national road team, Ritchey used this riding knowledge to push bike design forward. He built his first steel frame in 1972 and by 1979 he’d built over 1000.