1985 Ritchey

paddy311 · Dec 20, 2015

New project for me....

I'll upload pics and updates as it evolves. For now I'm just throwing it together as a s/s with some stuff I had lying around.

Later plans include an *almost* catalogue rebuild.
I'll be leaving the paint as it is though - it wears its history pretty well, this one

raidan73 · Dec 20, 2015

Nice Paddy

I wondered what the parts collecting was for ;-)

paddy311 · Dec 20, 2015

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Cheers Adrian

Still need some Suntour pedals...... or more likely some VP 747's - but they have to be 80's ones.

Other than that I have everything lined up to build this - assuming nothing gets lost coming across the Atlantic.

paddy311 · Jun 3, 2017

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Been recovering from an operation so decided to get this finished off ready for some gentle towpath riding when I'm a bit more mobile. Just the chain and a bit of setup still to do.

Pleased with it

jimo746 · Jun 3, 2017

I like that. For an '85 it looks ahead of its time frame/geometry wise.

Remko · Jun 4, 2017

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Very nice, I like those eighties mtb's a lot.

paddy311 · Jun 6, 2017

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Thanks.

Geometry is more 80's than it looks in last pic. The front end has quite a bit of rake.

Hope I like riding it as much as I like looking at it !

paddy311 · Jun 18, 2017

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First ride today. Rode beautifully.

A few pics from before I got it all dusty:

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