Ritchey Tom
Updated 11.5.2015
Starting in 1974, Tom Ritchey, frame-builder, component and tire designer, co-founder of the
first mountain bike company, has also been a road bike builder throughout his career.
Many pics courtesy Omar
“….Tom Ritchey frame that he built for me during the Christmas break of 1973/1974 when he was a junior (I think) in high school. His dad was a machinist, and their garage was a machine shop. One of my friends (Mark Crane) knew Tom and suggested that I get a frame from him. I am guessing that this is one of the first 5 or 10 frames that he had built (in fact, I only knew of 1-2 other frames that he had built before this one — one of the previous frames was a yellow, I think, one that he rode in races). The frame was repainted by Brian Baylis in 2004. I had gotten some older decals from Ritchey for this frame. The original frame did not, of course, have any decals, as it was made before he took up framebuilding as a career.”
Jim Kadonaga
Noah Gellner's Ritchey~Palo Alto road bike
"Tom Ritchey in his Own Words"
“…so that hearsay would be replaced with the true facts and history.” HERE
