Repack Rider
Senior Retro Guru
A few days ao I found in my files an envelope with a collection of B&W photos of my Breezer and one of Alan Bonds' awesome klunkers, which I have posted in the Readers' Bikes Forum. Also in the envelope was a contact print of a bike from Tom Ritchey's first production run of nine bikes. At least it was from Gary's large format Hasselblad, so it was big enough to get a scan.
Finally there were a few Hasselblad colour negatives. Today I figured out how to use my scanner to take a look at them, and they turned out to be from a photo session in late 1979. The bike is Gary's first Ritchey and the reason I am riding it is that it was Gary's camera, and I didn't yet have a Ritchey of my own. The bad news is that the photos sucked except for a couple. Here is one of them.
Before we switched to Magura brake levers, we bought stock Honda levers at the motorcycle shop, and those seem to be what Gary is using on a set of aluminum motorcycle bars.
Finally there were a few Hasselblad colour negatives. Today I figured out how to use my scanner to take a look at them, and they turned out to be from a photo session in late 1979. The bike is Gary's first Ritchey and the reason I am riding it is that it was Gary's camera, and I didn't yet have a Ritchey of my own. The bad news is that the photos sucked except for a couple. Here is one of them.
Before we switched to Magura brake levers, we bought stock Honda levers at the motorcycle shop, and those seem to be what Gary is using on a set of aluminum motorcycle bars.