Ritchey Road Logic

Have you already watched this video?

I was able to finally ride the Rapha Prestige with my boys. This is for sure one of the best days I have ever had.

This is my Road Logic I rode at the event. I took this picture at a spot that was 10km away from the finish line. I almost forgot to take any pictures.

I realized that I really like this bike as I took this picture. Riding the bike the whole day definitely helped me find some great things about this bike.

Ritchey bikes are a bit pricy, considering that they are made in Taiwan and most of their bikes are not versatile like Surly, but I really want more people to ride Ritchey bikes! (Finding vintage frames like the P series are cool, but I would love to see more people ride the current models)

Anyhow, here’s a display bike I built from the passion towards their bikes I got from the event.

*RITCHEY* Road Logic Disc (55)

My Road Logic is the rim brake version, but this one is a disc.

I like a classic rim brake build, but I realized disc brakes exist for a reason after experiencing the 20km descent at the Rapha Prestige. My hands were so sore from squeezing the brake levers so much.

You don’t have to squeeze as hard for disc brakes, so I think it will make a huge difference.

The frame requires IS headsets, which are pretty rare these days. The frame set includes a WCS series headset, so don’t you worry.

Gosh, I love the TR signature on the head tube. The white logo on the green finish looks nice and classy.

I’ve been riding this one a lot recently, but I’m not entirely sure why I love this bike so much.

I have ridden so many steel bikes, but this one feels so right. I’m not a person with strong legs, so I would be completely destroyed after riding a stiff frame, but this Road Logic doesn’t give me much fatigue. It’s also not a flexy bike, so this bike is a legit road bike. (duh)

It’s a great bike to ride a long distance at your pace with less stuff on you. This bike actually got me into doing long rides.

Ritchey’s “Logic” still lives in their frames even after they shifted to producing their frames in Taiwan.
I’m not a weight weenie, but the triple butted tubing and the WCS Carbon fork definitely helps the bike to be light.

Max tire clearance is 700x30c, which is a pretty modern clearance. I have a 30c tire on my own bike, and I really love it. You think that’s too wide for a road bike? Try it out. You’ll love it.

The bike on the post has the Ultradynamico Cava Race 33c tires. They’re above the suggested clearance, but I was able to fit them.
Perks of having a disc frame right here.

Astral Cycling Solstice Disc rims with White Industries CLD hubs.

White Ind. hubs are really good for serious bikes like this. The climb in the Rapha race was brutal, so I chose the most lightweight rims in Astral’s selection. It’s one of the lightest aluminum rims in the market.

Those Cava tires are working as a nice accent to the build, but I just want to say that these tires aren’t just fashion tires. They roll super well. Daichi and Chuyan also had the same tires for their bikes at the event.

This is one of my favorite part about this frame. The rear brake mount has a very unique design, which also is a way to reduce weight.

I built this bike with Ultegra group sets, but I chose the White Industries MR30 cranks

Choosing bar tapes are hard. When buikding these types of bikes, it’s easier to choose basic design tapes, but that also makes the bike a bit boring. That being said, I know it’s gonna look clean with simple tapes…see? it’s hard!

For this build, I went with the Pizza bar tape.

As always, I built this bike completely based on my current mood.

This is actually the first time we built a Ritchey bike for display. You can try it out at the shop if you’re interested.

Hope you like it.

Here’s a picture of Issue and Tom Ritchey at the Made Bike Show 2024.