Old Rocky Mountains
Dirt Disciple
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Hi,
I may be able to shed some light on this bike. My guess is that this is a 1989 Ritchey Outback. This was a Canada only model that came through Rocky Mountain. It was a full Deore DX II group with a u-brake and rack braze-ons on the front fork. The frames were built and painted overseas but assembled at Rocky Mountain and included Wheeltech wheels.
It was a weird one because it was still called an Outback even thought Ritchey had the US model in 1989 which was a fillet brazed model.
The Outback had a little brother that year called the Force Comp which was a Mountain LX group - same idea, Canada only model through Rocky Mountain.
I have soft spot for this bike as it was the second bike I ever built during my first job in a bike shop as a kid. The first bike was a 1989 Rocky Mountain Hammer also with Deore DX. After I built (rather poorly) that first Hammer, the mechanic teaching me told me to build the Outback next because it had the same DX group I just learned on.
I have been keeping my eyes open for either the 1989 Outback or Hammer as I have a soft spot for both of them.
I am going off memory here but here but the pics might help. Although my pic of the Outback doesn't show it well, the paint does match the frame in question. If I recall correctly, it was quite textured when you touched it.
Hope that helps.
Hi,
I may be able to shed some light on this bike. My guess is that this is a 1989 Ritchey Outback. This was a Canada only model that came through Rocky Mountain. It was a full Deore DX II group with a u-brake and rack braze-ons on the front fork. The frames were built and painted overseas but assembled at Rocky Mountain and included Wheeltech wheels.
It was a weird one because it was still called an Outback even thought Ritchey had the US model in 1989 which was a fillet brazed model.
The Outback had a little brother that year called the Force Comp which was a Mountain LX group - same idea, Canada only model through Rocky Mountain.
I have soft spot for this bike as it was the second bike I ever built during my first job in a bike shop as a kid. The first bike was a 1989 Rocky Mountain Hammer also with Deore DX. After I built (rather poorly) that first Hammer, the mechanic teaching me told me to build the Outback next because it had the same DX group I just learned on.
I have been keeping my eyes open for either the 1989 Outback or Hammer as I have a soft spot for both of them.
I am going off memory here but here but the pics might help. Although my pic of the Outback doesn't show it well, the paint does match the frame in question. If I recall correctly, it was quite textured when you touched it.
Hope that helps.