Ritchey Road Logic 50th Anniversary

[sf_rinaldi]

A 2022 frame set commemorating Tom Ritchey’s 50 years in the industry and frame building. Mind blowing when you think of how long he has been doing it since he was 16 years old. Now tig welded with triple butted tubeset in Taiwan (beautiful weld craftmanship) with key design features Tom developed including special features like a drop in bearing headtube for responsiveness and aesthetics, ovalized seat tube at bottom bracket junction for stiffness, a Ritchey carbon fork and Ritchey specified tubeset. Taken together he calls the package a ‘special sauce’, this bike rides very nice. It rails on descents and is springy, snappy and responsive. Not the lightest. As shown over 18 lbs. I’m glad he is still putting out rim brake frame sets. That pacific blue paint is something else though. Steerer tube not final length (yet).


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[jadmt]

very nice. I sold my early 90's road logic last year and I regret it.

[sailorkevin]

Very nice, indeed. I have one on order, due to arrive in September. It won't be the 50th anniversary model and, with respect to color, I have to take whatever comes in. Yes, they are now made in Taiwan but Tom is still CEO and deeply involved in design work. I wanted to get one of these frames while he was still involved on a daily basis. I'm glad to hear that you are happy with it.

[Peter P.]

I can remember back in the '70s when Ritchey was selling his frames in the Palo Alto Bicycles catalog. I was intrigued by them, and had no clue he was so young then. I also remember it took me a while to figure out the catalog had the touring frame and racing frame dimensions reversed!

I think the Skyline Blue is a real eyepopper, as well as the three Heritage colors offered a few years ago- the red/white/blue, camouflage, and sunset.

Don't sell that bike.

[old_fat_and_slow]

Looks solid, but the headset spacer height police may come after you!

[mstateglfr]

Really nice color- the black components go great with that blue shade. And the stem angle works perfectly with the top tube slope.

What is the card or paper or whatever on the rear tire and brake?

[Matthew]

Wow, that is beautiful. Love the color and the build is so nice. Just a great looking bike.

[climbedthataway]

Got to see one of these in person recently, and that blue is just top notch.

Bought my black Road Logic Disc literally the day before the 50th anniversary version came out, and have been telling missing I’m not mildly upset by that ever since.

That said, the disc version is very fun to ride.

[Howzit]

Nice!

[sf_rinaldi]

Originally Posted by climbedthataway

Got to see one of these in person recently, and that blue is just top notch.

Bought my black Road Logic Disc literally the day before the 50th anniversary version came out, and have been telling missing I’m not mildly upset by that ever since.

That said, the disc version is very fun to ride.

Thx. Agreed- I have a disc 55cm and agree it’s also fun to ride. That one goes up gravel fire trails and is a bit heavier because of the disc brakes. Both descend very well and have top notch handling attributes.


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[azod]

any notable ride quality differences between the disc and rim? ive had both, but never side by side.

[sleepyfelix]

I had both frames and can't say there much difference between them in terms of ride feel. Much more likely to notice the ability to run wider (inner width) rims in the disc version.

[mhespenheide]

Originally Posted by old_fat_and_slow

Looks solid, but the headset spacer height police may come after you!

It's not just looks, though -- most forks with a carbon steerer tube aren't recommended to have more than 5cm of spacer between the top of the headset and the stem. I don't know about this fork in particular, but it might be something worth checking out.

[sf_rinaldi]

Originally Posted by azod

any notable ride quality differences between the disc and rim? ive had both, but never side by side.

Both feel great. The difference in terms of feel likely stems from the extra weight of having a disc brake over a rim brake system. The rim brake is lighter and rides as such - overall it feels like the rim brake rolls faster and climbs with ease and less effort. What has been a revelation is how I found the frame set to be quite snappy and ride compliant is hugely dependent on tire pressures - less tire pressure is better. The frame rails on descents and it’s fun taking it down technical hairpins with precise pinpoint cornering that’s predictable and doesn’t chatter even on rough pavement.

I’ll just also say that a few folks have been overly concerned about spacers on the 50th anniversary blah blah blah blah blah- Some over concerns on aesthetics some over concerns on safety. The spacer is 40mm. And I’ll cut the top when I get around to it. And I’ll share photos to put folks at ease. But it’s aiite. Chill out


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[lavi]

I really dig these bikes. It looks great. Both look awesome. Enjoy!

I do wish they had a bit more HT to them though. My days of lots of drop are over.