![]() ![]() ![]() The butted Ritchey Logic steel tubes are barely oversized and TIG-welded into a traditional double-diamond configuration, there’s a threaded bottom bracket down below, and most of the cables are routed externally. Would it bring me back to days gone by?Īt first glance, the Ultra is about as classic as you can get from a mass-produced steel frame these days. I have fond memories of every one of those bikes, and so it was with no small amount of hope and nostalgia that I embarked upon this test of the Ritchey Ultra: a steel hardtail with old-school tube diameters, but a more modern geometry and big, plus-sized 27.5in tires to help take the sting out of Colorado rocks. There was a titanium Litespeed Obed, three DeKerfs (a steel Team SL, a steel-and-titanium Team ST, and then a titanium Elysium), a custom Reynolds 853 Waterford, and a feathery-light Voodoo Bizango that met an untimely demise on its maiden voyage after receiving a gloriously elaborate custom paint job from a friend. ![]() Although my very first one was made of carbon fiber (?!), it wasn’t long at all before I found myself firmly enamored with metal. I spent my formative years of mountain biking riding hardtails. ![]()
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