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Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

Tom Ritchey on the Birth and Coming of Age of the Mountain Bike

Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

Singletracks.com

Wilderness, Sports

4.7574 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Tom Ritchey is credited as the first production mountain bike frame builder in the world, and has introduced countless bike designs and products over the years that are considered standard in the industry today. His company, Ritchey Design, where Tom is still actively involved, designs high performance bikes, handlebars, seatposts, grips, tires, and everything in between.

Tom talks with Singletracks about the history of mountain biking, wheel sizes, the pros and cons of industry standards, and even electric bikes.

This episode is sponsored by Evo.com. Use code “SINGLETRACKS” to take 10% off your next order.

--Keep up with the latest in mountain biking at Singletracks.com and on Instagram @singletracks

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0:56.7

Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast. Today my guest is Tom Richie.

1:02.7

Tom is credited as the first production mountain bike frame builder in the world and has introduced

1:08.8

countless bike designs and products over the years that

1:11.5

are considered standard in the industry today. His company, Richie Design, where Tom is still actively

1:17.0

involved, designs high performance bikes, handlebars, seatposts, grips, tires, and pretty much

1:22.5

everything in between. Thanks for joining me, Tom. Hey, my pleasure. So I've read that your father was a cycling enthusiast, and he taught you to build wheels

1:31.8

and showed you brazing techniques.

1:35.1

What was it that attracted you to fixing bikes and bike parts at such an early age?

1:41.1

Yeah, my dad was always working on his own projects. He was an engineer for a tech company in

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