Hi can anyone identify this bike and where it was built I imported it over from Italy about 6 years ago,the headbadge says Riviera Simion
Made in Italy,was a mass market frame maybe put together in Japan then shipped out to Europe?
That's a very fine looking bike. I wonder if anyone has ever compiled a list of all the different companies that used Ritchey tubesets? There were plenty of them...
agree, a fine looking bike,
with regards to identifying the manufacturer or brand, those bikes with nickel plated or sometimes "titanized" called CroMo frames had been offered from many brands, often Ritchey tubing or at least pieces like drop-outs have been used.
Typical suspects offering nickel plated models have been Marin, Scott, Stevens, Maxx, CATs, Parkpre, Cycle Culture, but there are more and those frames had been also offered from me-too brands, maybe there was a supply from Taiwan, also helping Riviera Simion, - no clue what this is, maybe a bike dealer, to get hold of those nice frames.
Not sure about Japan, I would think this bike should be from mid 90ies, but bike production has heavily moved out of Japan all to Taiwan and China in a rush with the big Yen-crisis early 90ies (within just a few years Japanese bike frames got 3-4 x more expensive).
Nice Tektro RBP 872 / 372 brakes by the way
and very nice wheel set.
That all fits nicely also to stem and barends.
Thanks for your knowledge ,I know its not a real ritchey but the tubeset is the the same as the P23 team bikes and quite light
was thinking maybe a respray in the famous Ritchey colours would freshen things up.
Nice bike all around. No help on maker either. The fork is very cool with the fat tubes and hooded dropouts. I vote no respray due to the TT and seat tube junction is wrong. It's only original once.
Hmmmm
Ritchey 172'5 cranks, sachs-sedis chain, tektro brakes, LX shifters...someone made his dreams of a beautiful light bike with a tight budget and parts that he liked or needed (like crank length) come true. Surely It is a beautiful generic frame with a good price at the time, that someone built with great love and adjusting to the best that could be bought.
