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That does sound a fair price Gary_C 🙂
Arione black and white saddle and Fizik whiter logo bartape would look great on that frame. Oh, I have a frame the same colour - see commuting bikes. White picks out the Ritchey logo.
Hora - in the event you get buyer's remorse, 'Cyclist' magazine did a review of the Ritchey frame you just bought some time last year (built up with Campy Record). I will have a look at which issue it was in, but to summarise, they said it was a fabulous frame, built for racing in mind, fast, responsive and very stiff. They did say it gave a slightly harsh ride as a result, but that they didn't mind this because it was an out and out race bike. They also said they would be happpy racing it as such.
Frame weight was quoted as 1.79kg.
Always loved the Ritchey seat cluster.
Cant link image from phonw but first impression, I found the stem slammed and stem reversed alot better. Seat could be a smidge higher but it feels GOOD.
The 'racey' comment ^ either I prefer the racey feel or the Ritchey frame ain't race-geo. If I'm wrong I'll be amazed 😀
www.flickr.com/#/photos/30625376@N06/16395661477/
It needs a wipe (my hands were abit oily)
Looking good :D, but that seatpost is shocking !!!! If you keep the black h/bar tape you'll have to beg, steal or borrow a black saddle. I'd rotate the bars round a bit, but that comes under personal preference.
White bar tape. For the love of God, white bar tape.
That seat post is an old MTB FSA carbon thingy I found. Will sort tape next as its cheaper than a new Phenom..
Great stuff, although your attention to detail is poor. The chain should be put in the big ring for photos, valves/tyre logos need lining up, cable outers are way too long at the front, needs another bottle cage, bars need rotating down etc.
I like your inline seatpost with saddle set forward; shows your mtb roots. A nice touch.
Any reason I can't see the pictures from that link? It just goes to my Flickr home page. Can't see no bike. 🙁
Me neither. Just takes me to my home page on Flickr
Agree need hoods forward. I was lazy I just straight swapped the outers/setup from my planetx straight over and fitted new inners. Weird side compartment on hoods that you have to open too whilst feeeding the gear cables!
Out of interest is the seat that far forward for pedalling position or your reach it looks a very odd position tbh
Wheels go well with the frame colour
Should I try my 90 stem instead of the 110? It feels good with the saddle forward.
Yea can someone post pictures in here please? Flickr is being a pain.
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Cheers
Garden is exactly how I pictured it.
Valves/logos but more importantly road bikes have to be photographed in the big ring, it's the law.
Oh, and cranks at wrong angle.
Looks lovely despite that though 🙂
Its West Chorlton Bregante in the sleepy hamlet of Saint Retford by-the-water. Sleepy locals go to collect the Harvest once a week at ye old job centre and the cheery local bobby chases the local scoundrel
Whatever feels good worth a try if you have spares as it takes 5 mins. Ive ended up moving my saddle position and putting a 90mm stem on and it feels better to me but we're all different in how we like things to fit. Costs nowt to play around with fit tho
That saddle bar tape combo is giving me a touch of the vapours so I'm out of here til this is on a new page without that NSFW picture.
Edit- which this post seems to have done...
Garden is exactly how I pictured it.
Urban chic
However a bike a like despite the saddle looking like it's making a bid for freedom
Looks alriiight that, well done.
So, put some miles on it before fiddling, then after about 10 long rides start the process of making it "yours"
Niiiice 8)
Not bad, brake blocks are all to **** though. Front ones look they'll take the paint off the rim.
Oo did the rears forgot about the front as I didn't need to change the inner on those. Cheers
So how does it ride?
Ferck me Hora, nice frame but the rest looks like it's been put together by a 7 year old after a cycle jumble 🙂
Suppose there were so many nice bikes in the thread, I was expecting more 🙁
Harsh, but fair.
Boblo furry muff.
Its my first ever road bike build
Feel free to post a pic of your first ever roadbike build 😀
Sorry Hora, mine had a very large wheel at the front and a much smaller one at the rear, a man called Niepce was in charge of the photos 🙂
Give the wheels a clean there's a good chap.
A Road Bike......are you MAD !!
Lovely frame that 🙂
Can't quite put my finger on it but just doesn't look right !! Maybe dirty parts ? Mis matched saddle ? Ugly stem ?
Reckon with few changes she'll look the biz 🙂
What's weight ?
an't quite put my finger on it but just doesn't
It's because it's been cobbled together with bits he already had, so it just looks shonky..
Which is a shame, as it's an awesome frame.
One I'm tempted by myself..
I think he ultegra looks grand on it, some white tape and matching stem and seat post would only leave one thing wrong.....
sort the pedals out (can't believe I'm the first to mention them)
It'll get sorted on the first dark rainy evening we get...
On a tangent, what do people think about using Shimano cranks with Campag gears and shifters. What saddle would work with that?
Tricky. I have a Shimano chainset on my cross bike and just about to fit Campag gears and wheels.
I don't have a saddle yet, I say tricky, really I'm just concerned.
Well I think its more than fine.
Which makes it criminal
Oh God! Silver rims and spokes, white saddle? Sell them and buy black. Seatpost. Should be Ritchey WCS not that abomination. Saddle. Where it should be not trying to make its way to sit on the steerer. If that's where you need the saddle to be in relation the bottom bracket (and the frame as a whole) you're either deformed or that's the wrong sized frame. WCS bar and stem. 90mm? It's a road bike. You're not meant to have the bar under your chin. Bar rotated forward, not like the cow horns you have it at now. What the hell are those pedals doing on it? Lizard Skin black bar tape. Black outer cables. Cut to the minimum length. Don't ride it or leave it near me. I'll nick it.
Do the opposite of what the Badly Drawn Dog says. Banterz!
I'm going to have to ride it late at night in a cloak at this rate!
Saddle pos/stem/tape sorting this week.
They're just being picky buggers, just go ride it 10 times hard then start fiddling.
Odd indeed you have saddle all the way forward ? Is frame a 57 ? Maybe 55 be a better fit ? Sure ritcheys come up bit long ?
monksie how longs the stem on your 54cm supersix your only ickle 😆
white saddle? Sell them and buy black
white bar tape will set off the Ritchey logos nicely and the saddle will tie in with it, so keep the white saddle. Just not in its current position 🙂
Ritchey kit is the obvious choice and will look good, but depends how much you have/want to spend and if you actually want to change anything else (eg. bar width, stem angle/length) to make the spend worthwhile.
More to the point, enjoy riding and fine-tuning it.
160cm (maybe)...I'm very supple 🙂
I would spray paint the whole shebang matt black. Fully colour coordinated, no branding to worry the brand snobs, easily refinished if needs be. And it'll bring out the lines of those pretty steel tubes an absolute treat. What could possibly go wrong?
And then just go ride the thing.
😛
57 definitely fits. I've just been for a spin with 90stem/moved sadly 😀
It doesn't fit if the saddle needs to be that far forward and the stem shortened to a 90 mm.
if it fit and feels good with a 90mm then whats the problem ?
i have a 90mm stem on mine as on the smaller bike the seat needed a scaffold length pole to get in right position and 80mm of steerer spacers.
maybe im not particularly flexible but mine feels great 🙂
Saddle not sadly. Nexus5 phone predict text is hideous.
Just read this
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Bloody hell Hora, that's lovely.
Needs a black saddle, pink tape and a stainless/alloy bottle cage, obviously, but that is a beautiful bike.
😀
Extra 10% off Ritchey components at Merlin :
Keeping everything 'as is' now- need to concentrate on rides/then re-think bits. 🙂
I've also entered it into https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/124127/Ronde-Van-Chinley
If anyone else wants to join?
Well for once Hora that's a bloody good idea. Leave it alone and go ride it. Once you've put some miles on it and listened to your body and the bike you'll know only too well what needs changing.
Can't join you for the RvC I'll be doing P-R myself.. 8)
What about Salsa Colossal with Enve forks for £650 in the Triton sale?
http://www.tritoncycles.co.uk/frames-forks-c6/road-touring-frames-c47/salsa-colossal-2-gravel-road-frameset-2014-p1735/s4898?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=salsa-colossal-2-gravel-road-frameset-2014-size-56cm-fmsa4c56x&utm_campaign=product%2Blisting%2Bads&gclid=Cj0KEQiA37CnBRChp7e-pM2Mzp0BEiQAlSxQCBGMOamb3Wb8XhfbmhDHHcOYbb01YRcWCkftQO-xyqkaAu3j8P8HAQ
Well, ignoring how you've dressed it for a minute, how does it ride? Seems like you've answered the original question and got a proper frame.
For what its worth: White bar tape for bling but keep the black on until you've finished fettling/tweaking it.
Nice one.
I've only had shortish rides so far- leg over though and it feels stable and still nippy. Some bloke in all the gear on a fixie rode round me at the lights and stopped right infront of me. Cheek I thought! I had him 😀
From a newbie point of view- the bars don't seem to jar/want to jump out of my hands like they did on the PlanetX- thoughts?
First proper ride around Kirklees/Huddersfield this weekend.
I'm on childcare duties this weekend hora or I'd have [s]come over and nicked your bike for an hour[/s] offered to join you.
Its here whenever you want to borrow it for a aft etc etc.
thoughts?
The inherent lushness of steel and perhaps because it feels more planted as its a bit heavier? Those PX forks are a bit boingy from experience.
Hated the front on descents. It made me nervous.
What about Salsa Colossal with Enve forks for £650 in the Triton sale?
thanks for posting that 🙄 😀
Weight TBC
Bit worrying when you read that.
Just re finishing kit, have you seen the [url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/hk/en/ritchey-classic-finishing-kit-bundle/rp-prod130615 ]CRC bundles thing[/url]?
🙂
I don't know if this was also in part a confidence thing but jesus the Ritchey Logic is stable going down steep/fast hills.
On the same road(s) the PlanetX bucked around/felt nervous compared. Maybe partly a wee bit extra weight but then the rider is heavy so shouldn't matter?
It was soo reassuring that I thought 'shit these brakes really are crap'! 😀
Fantastically smooth, stable. Still looking for a decent (black) saddle. though.
...these brakes really are crap'!
what pads you using?
standard pads are seemingly designed to last approx 1000years, thinking 'i'll replace them when they're worn' will only mean you'll forever have crap brakes that wear through your rims at a frightening rate.
because the man in the shop told you to buy an XL, you bought a L and it was too small so you were hanging over the front of it, so you were nervous riding itOn the same road(s) the PlanetX bucked around/felt nervous compared.
The brakes should be fine, on a road bike you are going a lot faster than you realise so the braking distances are longer compared to a mountainbike
if you really want to change the blocks then swisstop Blue (replacement for Green)
5mm difference in the effective on both frames in the the sizes I had- I'm using a shorter stem on the Ritchey- even with other factors its not 'massive' enough that a XL Pro carbon would have felt better.
The front of the Ritchey isn't as chattery over bumps etc. The frame has more give I guess too but down anything its very stable. Probably alot of factors like carbon stiffer but on a larger Pro Carbon I'd still be bounced around.
I AM using SwissTop 😀 It aint like a mtb to slow down aint it 😆
There you go Hora, here's the speedboat you could have won:
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Those bottle cages are hurting my eyes but other than that and your picture fail...that's lovely!
'my picture fail' whatchoo on abaat?
Boblo thats basically my build except for the Zipp finishing kit.
Big ring fail being the main one!
It's not my pitcher, I found it whilst scurrying around. I just wanted to wind Hora up 🙂
<edit> Yes Hora it is. Apart from the wheels, and the saddle, and the groupset, and it looks nicely put together, and... Oh never mind 🙂
Oi my groupset is full Ultegra 6800. You big windup bear.
It's been a few weeks...are you interested in a Supersix?
It's not my pitcher
Yer bugger!
It's been a few weeks...are you interested in a Supersix?
🙂
Ooo this is going well... 😀