Ritchey Softtail 21 at MTB-News.de - Now with link!!

[Major22]

A nice Ritchey softtail for EUR 260. Looks to be in good nick!

I was tempted to make an offer, but I'm not sure about the longetivity of the softtail shock. Anybody got experience with these?


http://www.mtb-news.de/forum/showthread.php?t=442509


Major


Sorry for the missing link(!)

 

[suburbanreuben]

A link would be good!
Is it still running, or finished?

 

[Major22]

Updated...

 

[suburbanreuben]

That's lovely! Shame it's so bleedin big!

 

[Sheffield]

Lovely ride, apart from: Shite paintwork; The various forks I tried tended to touch the downtube rather than go underneath so a crash could be quite messy; Shock is a chunky spring with zero sealing so left could rust.

Phil

 

[Major22]

Thanks for the info Phil,

Did you btw try any ridgid forks with your Ritchey, or just suspension ones? Did the softtail make any noticeable difference in the rough (compared to a "normal" steel hardtail), or is it just a cool gimmick?

Major


(the frame size would be just right for me..)

 

[suburbanreuben]

Thanks for the info Phil,

Did you btw try any ridgid forks with your Ritchey, or just suspension ones? Did the softtail make any noticeable difference in the rough (compared to a "normal" steel hardtail), or is it just a cool gimmick?

Major


(the frame size would be just right for me..)

I have a Dekerf softail. The spring really does make a big difference- to climbing rooty, rocky bits, and to allday in the saddle comfort. It doesn't seem to stop you getting the power down at all. It sprints just as well as a hardtail.
Maintenance isn't really a problem. A full strip down and lube takes about 20 mins once a month or more in mucky weather.

 

[Major22]

[/quote]I have a Dekerf softail. The spring really does make a big difference- to climbing rooty, rocky bits, and to allday in the saddle comfort. It doesn't seem to stop you getting the power down at all. It sprints just as well as a hardtail.
Maintenance isn't really a problem. A full strip down and lube takes about 20 mins once a month or more in mucky weather.[/quote]


I googled Dekerf softtail, nice bikes, didn't know too much about them before.

Maybe I'll have to reconsider the Ritchey...

Major

 

[al]

A nice Ritchey softtail for EUR 260. Looks to be in good nick!

I was tempted to make an offer, but I'm not sure about the longetivity of the softtail shock. Anybody got experience with these?


http://www.mtb-news.de/forum/showthread.php?t=442509


Major


Sorry for the missing link(!)

I have first hand experience of this shock,as I used to own this frame.

The shock consists of a spring and a bump stop,thats it. You can put more pre-load on the spring by winding it in/out at the bottom. Take spring out and clean/grease put back in two minutes.

 

[Major22]

A nice Ritchey softtail for EUR 260. Looks to be in good nick!

I was tempted to make an offer, but I'm not sure about the longetivity of the softtail shock. Anybody got experience with these?


http://www.mtb-news.de/forum/showthread.php?t=442509


Major


Sorry for the missing link(!)

I have first hand experience of this shock,as I used to own this frame.

The shock consists of a spring and a bump stop,thats it. You can put more pre-load on the spring by winding it in/out at the bottom. Take spring out and clean/grease put back in two minutes.

Thanks, nice to get some info from a former owner

Seems like the construction is simple enough, and shouldn't cause any problems.