Aaron thanks for a great read. I've always liked Tom Richey. I also agree with his thought that bikes are coming full circle back to wider tires and lots of innovations are just trends. Just recently mountain bikes were going with 29er's now I hear their going with 650b wheels? Pretty soon we'll be back to 26" wheels.
Best, Hugh Sunland, CA On Monday, March 4, 2013 8:27:13 PM UTC-8, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: > > Thanks Aaron, a very good read. > > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Tim McNamara > <tim...@bitstream.net<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> 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 <aaron.a...@gmail.com<javascript:>> >> 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 rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> 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 rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> 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. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > ** > "Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby > can't chew it." -*Mark Twain* > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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.
