Ritchey Road Team

Ritchey Road Team new

Staying with the Ritchey theme this week, it’s a little known fact that Ritchey was very involved in the U.S. road scene in the early ‘90’s, and had a bad-ass road team, as well as sponsoring a couple others (more on those soon). That’s right, 10-speed racers. This one came about though a call from […]

Thomas Frischknect’s First Day in America

Thomas Frischknect

Here is Thomas Frischknect on his first day in America, March 1990. As the team manager, I had all his new Team Ritchey bikes and kit laid out and ready for him. As soon as Thomas saw all the swag he jumped into his kit and posed for this shot like a pig in shit. […]

Pink Stumpjumper

Pink Specialized Stumpjumper

This shot is from the Gant Challenge race in Chicago’s Lincoln Park back in 1984. The bike pictured is the first Team (pink) Stumpjumper ever built. It was custom made for me by Jim Merz with Tange tubing and raced with 26×1.75” tires. When I joined Specialized/Team Stumpjumper, the bikes available were limited to off-the-shelf […]