definitely retro modern 😀

It’s OK… but it’s not a Yelli

That purple thing is gopping.

The Ritchey looks like any other.

Can it do wheelies?

Flat pedals on a Ritchie 😯 probably not as Tom intended. All Ritchie frames do look the same = great.

its nice – but its just not ‘English’…

Ritchey with versatility of sliding dropouts? The purists with be owning themselves with their RS1s!

Each to there own, purple looks broken, prefer this

Isn’t that a650B not a 29er? Is lush though!! 8)

problem i have with the ritchey is the stupid dropouts.

The 650b version though

mrmo i almost had an accident when i saw that ritchey 😳 all it needs is a classic steel fork to go with it 8)

Ritchey colour scheme makes me feel ill

Flat pedals and seat at a Jaunty angle. has it been nicked?

I seen on of those Ritchey’s being built in my LBS the other week and I was blown away – it looks even better in the flesh

I think the Ritchey must look good if you hark back to early ninties riding. I don’t, as I only got into MTB a few years ago. To me, it gops.

Agree with mrmo, the 650b version and details looks so much better to me. If 650b takes off properly, I could be tempted quite easily.

Now THAT is pretty!

English FTW, awesome.

The 650 does look so much better than the 29er. In part to do with the 29ers set up but as mentioned the dropout and the way the rear brake has been mounted looks a load better. Curvy seat stays look good to. The only thing I’d like to see is the other carbon Ritchey fork on it, the curvy one.

I thought the Ritchey 29er looked sublime until I saw the 650b. Gorgeous bike even though I’m not a fan of bent down tubes. Not sure if I’d stick a Sid on it but price and lack of availability means that’s a question I need not answer yet 🙁

The 29er Ritchey looks out of proportion to me.

The 650ber looks spot-on.

The purple bike looks disgusting.

Nah, green bikes are betterer. 😀

IMAG0417 by pten2106, on Flickr

Arty lighting can’t disguise the fact that bike is ugly, crotchrocket!

its a Ti, long travel 29er, your argument is invalid LOL

(i will accept it could use internal routing on that reverb tho)

Now THAT is pretty!

no, no it’s not.

not really liking the ritchey either, too many bent tubes and too many stem spacers (I run that many and all my bikes are fugly)

English, mmmmm.

Now THAT is pretty!

you missed “awful” from the end of your sentence 😉

Christ, if you think they are good looking I would hate to see your wives.

its a Ti, long travel 29er, your argument is invalid LOL

(i will accept it could use internal routing on that reverb tho)

There is one valid argument though that being it really doesn’t ride very well.

None of these are pretty. The green one’s okay, but, really, I’m unconvinced that 29″ bikes can be pretty, based on this evidence. This is a world which contains ferrari-red De Rosa road bikes from the 1970s. The bar is set high.

Plus, this is what a 29er should look like.

a pretty 29er:

and a ‘handsome*’ 29er:

(*in a landrovery sort of way)

and a stunning 29er:

I’m liking the look of this thing

I was literally about to post the images Sputnik has. Loving the Hard Eddie – might be my first 29er ever and first hardtail in about 2 years.

That Yelli looks like a halfords kids bike…