Eurobike 2015: Ritchey

We like the look of the new Timberwolf from Ritchey – the name was originally used for a sort do-it-all mountain bike back in 1984 – the bike has changed a bit since then:

 It’s designed around a 140mm fork, and the dropouts switch between QR and 142×12…

a 30.9 seat tube with stealth routing…  A forged and machined tapered head tube (elegant, no?)

 Rear brake on the chainstays – and some unusual hose routing…

Ritchey also had some new tyres on show. The Trail Bite is a front or rear rotational specific tread “that bites into the terrain for excellent control in all conditions”. 27.5in or 29in versions available in a 2.25 width.

 And the Trail Drive. 2.25 again (but a wide 2.25), soft compound rubber and 27.5 or 29in tyre. Ritchey also had their Trail wheelset on the stand, but they weren’t making much of a song and dance about it.And here’s the Ritchey P-29. It’s a great looking bike – not sure about the inverted stem though…

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Barney Marsh

Barney Marsh takes the word ‘career’ literally, veering wildly across the road of his life, as thoroughly in control as a goldfish on the dashboard of a motorhome. He’s been, with varying degrees of success, a scientist, teacher, shop assistant, binman and, for one memorable day, a hospital laundry worker. These days, he’s a dad, husband, guitarist, and writer, also with varying degrees of success. He sometimes takes photographs. Some of them are acceptable. Occasionally he rides bikes to cast the rest of his life into sharp relief. Or just to ride through puddles. Sometimes he writes about them. Bikes, not puddles. He is a writer of rongs, a stealer of souls and a polisher of turds. He isn’t nearly as clever or as funny as he thinks he is.

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