Description
The time-tested, highly regarded Ritchey Road Logic frame has had minor updates over the years but is still the great riding steel design that fans and Tom himself love. Built here into a complete bike featuring Shimano Ultegra R8000 11-speed and Ritchey kit items, you'll be hard pressed to find a better value in a terrific road bike designed for all day rides that inspire the next one.
Much has been written and said about steel frames, and for those who grew up with them instead of aluminum or carbon, the nostalgia factor is high. One should keep in mind that for over 100 years, steel was essentially the only frame material used, so generations grew up with steel bikes as the only option known. Just as there are numerous grades and quality levels of carbon bikes, steel frames also featured different material blends and construction methods. So while "steel is real", steel is not a monolithic entity. Why else does the Road Logic, decades after it's development, produce subtle ride qualities and unexpected performance that still sells frames today and brings smiles to faces.
The Ritchey Logic tubeset is known for it's strength and elasticity, which may seem contradictory and potentially bad for riding, but there is more to it. The newest version of the frame features heat-treated and triple-butted tubes. The heat treatment strengthens the steel without damaging or weakening it. The butting process utilizes hot rolling and cold drawing to create internal multi-thickness tubes that reduces material where you don't need it, keeping full wall thickness where needed- generally at junction zones. Tom spec'ed aggressively short-butted sections optimized for TIG welding. The process and technique saves weight and improves ride quality. Tubes can react and respond to surface inputs, but the welded joints are stable and strong, with no flex. There is minor torsional movement in the main triangle, but it feels natural and provides compliance. The tubes seem to sing, on some emotional level with the effort and input of the rider, as well as from the road. It does feel like music- music you feel but can't hear. Augmenting the tube system and construction, the proprietary forged-and-machined integrated head tube adds stiffness and incredible strength. It is precise and stiff, allowing the use of drop-in headset bearings. The stiffness translates to the full carbon fork steerer tube, which is in and of itself can flex as necessary, but is precisely positioned and controlled at all times. Ritchey's headset bearings carry the steerer load and in the Road Logic, we almost never see a worn or damaged bearing. The system works- exceptionally well.... Read More
Features
- Updated Road Logic steel frame/carbon fork with Ultegra 11s/Ritchey build
- Classic lines unite with modern building techniques and proven materials
- Size-specific balanced road geometry is stable, w/ excellent handling manners
- Heat-treated and triple-butted Ritchey Logic tubeset
- Aggressively short-butted sections optimized for TIG welding
- Proprietary forged-machined integrated head tube uses standard drop-in bearings
- Painted to match Ritchey Full Carbon Fork
- Frame/Fork tire clearance up to 30c (depending on tire/rim manufacturer spec)
- 2nd generation Shimano 11-speed groupset with impeccable shifting and braking
- Ultegra R8000 50-34 crankset, threaded external bottom bracket, braze-on front derailleur, medium cage rear derailleur, dual caliper brakeset, mechanical Dual Control STI levers
- 105 R7000: 11-32 cassette, chain (some bikes may ship with KMC 11s chain)
- Ritchey WCS: C220 stem, Curve Alloy handlebar, 27.2x350 Alloy seatpost
- Headset: Logic Zero WCS drop in 1-1/8” (41.8 Campy)
- Ritchey Skyline saddle, bar tape
- Zeta Wheelset, WCS Phantom Flange hubs, machined brake track, 100/130mm QR
- Tom Slick 700x27 road tires with tubes
- Sizes: 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59
- Colors: Blue/White, Gray/Yellow
- Weight: TBD