Teaser : Ritchey Road Logic

bmxboy10

Is it finished? Why is there a gap between the forks and the bottom of the headtube?

bendertherobot

Almost. Bar tape left. That gap was because, until I got the fork cut, I hadn't fully installed the crown race

bmxboy10

so we will see the finished bike in about half an hour?

bendertherobot

Angel1

Bravo! Looking forward to reading about how it rides

bendertherobot

I hope to be able to do that later!

pippapike

Nice build. I built mine up a couple of weeks ago with Dura Ace 7900 and Deda bars/stem and post. The frame rides really well. It is definitely stiff enough for me! And I don't feel as 'beaten up' following a ride. I came from a cervelo S2. The build quality of the frame and the paintwork are perfect. I will post a picture of my build, I'm just going to work out how.

bendertherobot

My only slight complaint would be the cable braze ons. They hold the ferrule in place but they don't "Snap in: like some other frames. So you have to get the cabling angle bang on or they angle slightly. But, otherwise, the quality is top notch. I'm actually quite tired this weekend from late nights and building it up so it may have to wait till tomorrow and the work commute. I guess I can go the long way round

bendertherobot

Anyway, spec, let's keep it short

SRAM Red 10 speed group set
Fulcrum Racing 3 with 25c tyres. (Will take 28's, I reckon, if you're thinking of guards, 23's would be best)
Ritchey WCS Link seatpost and Streem Evolink saddle
WCS 4 Axis Stem
WCS Logic 2 bars
Zipp (!) CX Service Course bar tape (I'm getting more of this from Merlin, it's lush and so easy to put on)

pippapike

pippapike

Here's mine above.
dura ace 7900
Deda bars stem and post
Fizik Antares
Jag wire Pro
Speedplay zero
Reynolds Assault

bendertherobot

Nicely done Sir! I was looking at those Reynolds as well. May save up and go for the WCS carbon clinchers.

woolwich

Very smart frameset!
The thing I really love about Ritchey is that they are one of only a handful of companies that will not only sell you a very tidy frameset, but will also sell you bag of raw metal castings; such as dropouts and braze ons and you can make your own if you're that way inclined. Surley, Lewellyn and Sachs are the only others I can think of.
Compared to his range of high end carbon finishing kit, there must be naff all mark up to be made from a dropout, so I can only imagine he keeps them in his product range to be true to his framebuilding roots as he is still an enthusiast

ETreeson

pippapike wrote:

Here's mine above.
dura ace 7900
Deda bars stem and post
Fizik Antares
Jag wire Pro
Speedplay zero
Reynolds Assault

What size frame is that? The 51 or 53?

pippapike

It's the 51.

bendertherobot

Did a quick hour and a half.

Do I like it?

Best
Bike
Ever

narbs

bendertherobot wrote:

Did a quick hour and a half.

Do I like it?

Best
Bike
Ever

You surprise me!

bendertherobot

Would you expect me to say if I hated it?

It's all I hoped the Condor would be but that wasn't quite there. Though I blame that more on the size. It's the 200 mile bike. Comfy, spring, stiff. I've not quite dialled in the fit yet but we are talking millimetres either way.

One thing I would say is that the Racing 3's really complement this bike and, although this is mostly down to setup, the Red just seems to be snappier and quieter on this one.

narbs

Looks lovely now it's finished. Mudguards or just for dry weather?

bendertherobot

Oh God, just dry weather. It will take guards, but only with some bodging.

Swiss Cross to replace the Bivio next............

bmxboy10

Bendertherobot it is against the law to replace bikes as fast as you seem to!

bendertherobot

It's been a year!

jordan_217

pippapike wrote:

WHOOSH! That's a handsome looking bike. Really tempted to stick some 50mm carbon tubs on my Ribble 525, just to see what it looks like.

Paul 8v

Great looking bike!

bendertherobot

That's his! Mine's on previous page.

Paul 8v

They both look good, they had a review of this in "Cycling" magazine and they spoke very highly of it.

bendertherobot

I don't know how they sell it for the price.... (well, other than making it in Taiwan).....

ugo.santalucia

bendertherobot wrote:

I don't know how they sell it for the price.... (well, other than making it in Taiwan).....

It's also welded... UK steel frame are expensive for the extensive filing of the joints to make them seamless, which is rather pointless, frankly...

Paul 8v

Fillet brazing does look nice to be fair

bendertherobot

aye, pretty tidy as welds go mind

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