The Radavist

This year, Ritchey has been rolling in complete MTB frames with great starter kits and the newest bike to follow suit is their popular P-29er. Built with a Rock Shox SID and XT throughout, this bike will last you for miles upon miles of trails, where ever you call home. Check out more at Ritchey!

Ritchey’s Bar Keeper is a tire lever, stashed in an area that is rarely utilized. With each order you get two bar end tire levers.

Ritchey brings back a retro design for their new kits. These “Retro Blue” jerseys and bibs are made in Los Angeles by Endo Customs and are in stock now at Ritchey.

Ritchey Design: Three Peaks. What is it?

Brian Vernor: It’s called a cyclocross race, but really it’s a long distance adventure through the English countryside. The course carries you up and over three significant peaks, all of which force you off the bike for an unreasonable amount of running, hiking and shouldering. I grew up in Santa Cruz, California and at the time it was (and still is) one of the hubs for cyclocross in the United States. I started racing there in high school and I heard whispers about “Three Peaks” from some of the elder statesmen of the sport who’d gone to Europe to race and explore the less conventional rides and races out there. Three Peaks was always discussed with great reverence. And fear.

If you’re like me, you want to know more about Yorkshire’s Three Peaks “cross race.” Earlier this year, Brian Vernor with the help of Ritchey was able to compete in this infamous event, resulting in a video, photos and a complete story to come. For now, Brian’s got an interview up on the Ritchey Blog, so head over and check it out!

Long-travel hard tails, especially when coupled with a dropper can be super fun. Add in clearances for a 2.4″ tire and suddenly you’ve got a very capable steel frame from a company that knows a thing or two about steel. The Ritchey Timberwolf has piqued my interest and I can’t wait to try one of these bad boys out…

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If you’ve been enjoying all of the recent framebuilder coverage here, you’re gonna love these highlights from the third installment of the Mission Workshop and Bike Mag Founders Series with Tom Ritchey. Watch the full talk at Mission Workshop.

Next up for Ask A Founder is Mike Sinyard, founder of Specialized on October 10th at 7pm PST.

There’s a bigger story to be told here, about one cyclist’s journey into photography and chasing life-long dreams. For now, here’s all I can share…

Our buddy Brian Vernor is taking his first stab at the legendary Three Peaks Cyclocross race over in the UK this Sunday. For more follow @vernor and stay close for something bigger from Brian about his connection to this event.

This, as both a concept and a advertisement for the brands is highly successful. Way to go guys.

“An inside line to the “left” and “right” brains of creative founders Tom Ritchey and Dustin Klein. Merging the two together through process and approach resulting in the first limited Cadence x Ritchey bar and stem combo to hit the market.”

Over the years Cadence has worked on some really great collaborations with Ritchey and this latest drop might be their best yet. Available now is a gloss white with black geometric overlay cockpit. The C220 Keta stem features a chevrons down the side with a “Keep Going” reminder on the top, while the EvoCurve bar repeats the pattern at the clamp. Both are in stock now at Cadence.

I love seeing new school and old school cycling brands come together on really simple designs like this longsleeve t-shirt from Cadence and Ritchey. Head over to Cadence to swoop!

For those of us who missed the Ask a Founder event at Mission Workshop with Tom Ritchey, here’s the live feed, brought to you by Bike Mag.

This Saturday, May 30th Tom Ritchey will be at Mission Workshop in SF for one of their Ask a Founder events. Here are the details:

“The Founders Event was created in effort to pull the curtain back and learn more about cycling brands that we respect. We as an industry tend to focus on the stunning finished parts but not as much on the struggle it takes to get there. For the event we simply turn the cameras on, step back and watch the story unfold. We cover the inspiration behind ideas, the projects that never got off the ground and everything in between.

For the third installment of the Mission Workshop Founders series we are honored to have Tom Ritchey on our stage to learn about the massively influential brand that shares his name. Ritchey’s love with all things two wheels started early. He built his first frame when he was just 16 years old and started his first company in his early twenties. The shape of cycling would arguably look very different without his involvement. Join us this Saturday May 30th at 7PM PST to watch Tom spin his tales live on Bikemag.com. Be part of the event by asking Tom a question via Twitter using “#AskRitchey” as the hashtag.

Live audience space is limited, if you can make it, email RSVP@missionworkshop.com for a seat.”

Dustin Klein from Cadence has just listed his custom painted Ritchey Swiss Cross on eBay with a starting bid of only $.99. If you’re looking for a bike with a lot of added character to ride or race and you ride a 57cm, now’s your chance to own this. Head over to the eBay auction for more information.

Basic is best, bro. Cadence and Ritchey collaborated on a cycling cap and I don’t think it could any simpler. Nice one fellas!