Ritchey Crosser - the adventure bike

[Luwabra]

sweet. I always dig the canti bikes.. very nice. I gotta try some pauls someday..

[velofinds]

Man, what a great color scheme.

[AngryScientist]

racked up.

ready for an adventure this weekend....

[Mustangski]

I bought the same bike, was looking for a Ritchey Breakaway and once I saw the color I knew it had to be British Racing Green! I travelled with it once to Guam for a week, a buddy and me rode the entire Southern tip of the island. They ride great and no chatter on mine either with Shorty Ultimates.

Love that color.

Out of curiosity, how is your frame pump attached?

[AngryScientist]

Originally Posted by Mustangski

I bought the same bike, was looking for a Ritchey Breakaway and once I saw the color I knew it had to be British Racing Green! I travelled with it once to Guam for a week, a buddy and me rode the entire Southern tip of the island. They ride great and no chatter on mine either with Shorty Ultimates.

Love that color.

Out of curiosity, how is your frame pump attached?

yes, great riding bikes, and although i havent weighed mine, it "feels" surprisingly light even with a heavy phil wood BB and no other weight weenie parts on it.

frame pump is just held in there with spring tension. since the headtube junction is so tight, the head of the pump wedges in there tight, and the seat tube coupler bolt clamp is a perfect cradle for the handle section.

i've ridden over some super rough terrain and the pump never moves or rattles a bit.

[Mzilliox]

Looks great, what a rad bag in back. you will have to et us know how it goes with that thing.

[Mustangski]

I'm running SRAM Rival 1, not much weenie parts either and it comes in at about 19 pounds.

Very cool looking bike! Do you have any travel plans with it?

[killerrabbit]

That color is sweet! Looks like a great bike. Which bag is that, btw?

[R3awak3n]

Originally Posted by killerrabbit

That color is sweet! Looks like a great bike. Which bag is that, btw?

Looks like a swift industries zeitgeist.


I too love this bike, its seriously one of the best colors ritchey put out

[AngryScientist]

it is indeed a swift bag, not sure the model name anymore, bought it a while ago. i'd default to Paulo's instinct.

the bagman is a super solid support for it too. just rode over lots of rough terrain and it was rock solid.

[AngryScientist]

here we are, resting in a hotel room, waiting for some gravel miles in the morning.

[AngryScientist]

while in practice, it's never been an issue in the least, i've never been super comfortable having a 24h wheel in the rear for an offroad adventure bike, so built a rear this weekend from a sweet i9 torch hub and pacenti forza offset rear rim.

also switched to bon jon pass tires to give them a whirl.

set-up is pretty sweet now, though we'll see if the bon jons prove the durability of the overrides, or if i even need that.

i like this photo because it shows so many of my favorite things in one shot:

-campy
-WH
-phil wood
-paul components
-pacenti
-i9
-ritchey
-king ti
-compass

[nalax]

Nick, that is a nice looking wheel. Is the bon Jon set up tubed? Happy 4th!

[AngryScientist]

Originally Posted by nalax

Nick, that is a nice looking wheel. Is the bon Jon set up tubed? Happy 4th!

thanks, happy 4th to you as well!

wheel is set up tubed for now, though i may experiment with tubeless somewhere down the road.

[ChristianWong]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

thanks, happy 4th to you as well!

wheel is set up tubed for now, though i may experiment with tubeless somewhere down the road.

Let me know how the tubeless experiment goes with the travel bike. I'm curious to do it on my S&S bike but don't want to deal with a leaky tire in the case (I have to deflate a bit to get the wheels to fit).