Ritchey Swiss Cross 1997, New build "SS"

Re: Ritchey Swiss Cross 1997,

i'm rebuildding my swisscross as a singlespeed for the upcoming season:

New brakes: Avid ultimate.
New brake levers: Sram road alu
New back wheel: White ind. ENO hub and WI freewheel to CXP33 rim
New tyres: Racing ralph 700x33c (i hope the ENO hub will give me some extra clearings...)
New cranks Duraace and stronglight ct2 Chainring
New carbon ritchey seat post

Re: Ritchey Swiss Cross 1997,

noooooooooo not a single speed on one of the loveliest bikes on the planet!!!!!!!!!


After having looked for ages I had to buy the 2013 model.....

Re: Ritchey Swiss Cross 1997,

too late

Re: Ritchey Swiss Cross 1997,

Still need too find a nice Ritchey seat post in 27.0 and fit some salmon koolstop pads.

Took it for a 20km ride this evening and it feels really great both on track and road!

i also canged the seat to a flite TT and the bars to an Ritchey comp ergo

Frame: Ritchey Swisscross 1997

Fork: Wound up 1" Ahead Carbon

Headset: Chris king1" ahead
Stem: Salsa 110mm steel
Handlebar: Ritchey comp, ergo style
Bartape: Cotton

Brakes: Avid ultimate canties
Brake Pads: Swiss stop, black
Brake Cables: Clarks
Cantilever cable hangers: Front Surly
Brake Levers: Sram Alu

Cassette: White industries 17t freewheel
Chain: Sram 8 speed
Cranks: Shimano Dura Ace
Chainrings: Stronglight CT2 39t
Chainring bolts: Stronglight
Bottom Bracket: Shimano Ultgra
Pedals: Plastic Bmx

Hub Skewers: Ultgra front
Rims: Mavic CXP33
Hubs: White ind. ENO rear / Shimano Ultgra front
Nipples: Alpine 14mm
Spokes: Alpine DB spokes
Tyres: Racing ralph 700x33c

Saddle: Flite TT
Seatpost: random alu

Weight: Around 7,5kg on my old fish scale

Cool bike for sure, Ritchey's are pure class.

Curious though, I've never seen a front brake drop set-up like that, how does it work? Any reason you decided not to go the traditional route?

P.S. I like the SS build

It works perfect, i didn't have a nice 1" cable stop and i had used this setup on my bontrager so i decided to try it again. and then its light weight