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Originally Posted by benb

I think the fact this is a metal bike makes it more reasonable for you to be disappointed in narrow size ranges.

Metal isn't winning any performance contests any more. One of the best ways for them to provide additional value with alloy or steel bikes and to differentiate them from their carbon competitors is to make more sizes and make them fit a wider array of people well. It's too bad too few do this.

The extreme ends of the sizing range move a lot fewer units than the middle - that's just the reality of the bell curve in adult human sizing. A builder like Maxway might very well impose a minimum order per size that can place a serious economic constraint on a niche product like this. Mike Varley at Black Mountain Cycles has written a lot about this - this is why he cut his model range.

I get where you are coming from, but I think there are likely real reasons why Ritchey limits its range.