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South Salem Cycleworks Museum:
Owner Michael Wolfe’s 21"/XL Ritchey P29ER Mountain Bike

Owner Michael Wolfe’s Ritchey P29ER 21" Mountain Bike

Ritchey Bicycle

Side view of the bicycle

After reading The Best Rails-to-Trails of the Pacific Northwest, a book no longer in print, I built this bike. Some of the trails had the ties and rails removed, but the rock ballast was left with no improvement, and a suspension fork was a must. I’d also used my ’86 Stumpjumper Comp with its rigid fork as a commuter and paved trail use, but no longer wished to challenge myself on it as a mountain bike. The Stump has two additional sets of wheels, both set up with studded tires, leaving one set at home and one set at work for sudden weather changes. When navigating frozen ruts, I’d often wished the Stump had a suspension fork, and I have studs waiting for use on the Ritchey now. I have mostly used the Ritchey as a post-chemo trainer bike, but look forward to finding adventure off-pavement in the future.

Michael Wolfe

Here I am post-chemo, using the Ritchey as a trainer bike.

Bike specs:

  • Ritchey Logic 2 triple butted tubing with a tapered 1.5" steerer tube
  • Suspension fork: RockShox RLGold 30 29" MTB Suspension Fork with 100mm Travel, Lock Out & 9mm QR Axle
  • Ritchey WCS integrated headset
  • Syncros Cattlehead 150mm stem
  • Answer HyperLite Bar
  • Ritchey WCS Grips
  • Control Tech Control Stix bar ends
  • Ritchey Logic brake levers
  • Shimano XTR SL-M980 3x10 shifters
  • Shimano XTR 9500 front derailleur 28.6mm clamp
  • Shimano XTR 986GS Shadow Plus rear derailleur
  • Avid disc BB7 Road S calipers
  • Avid G2CS 180mm rotors
  • SRAM 1070 10-speed 12-36 cassette
  • White Industries MI5 hubs, 32-hole
  • DT Revolution 14/17/14 spokes, 3-cross rear
  • DT Revolution 15/17/15 spokes, 2-cross front
  • DT double-anodized 16mm 7075 alloy spoke nipples
  • Mavic XM819 32-hole disc-brake specific rims
  • Salsa Flip-Offs Titanium Quick-Releases
  • Connex Stainless Steel 10-speed chain
  • Ritchey Logic 175mm crankarms
  • Sugino 24/36/44 chainrings
  • World Class Titanium bottom bracket
  • Time Atac XC 12 carbon/titanium pedals
  • Flite Ti saddle
  • USE Alien alloy seatpost
  • Profile cages
  • SKS X-Blade rear fender
  • SKS Shock Blade II front fender
  • Kenda Kwest 700x35 Wire Beads
  • 27.5 lbs. as equipped.

Ritchey Geometry

Ritchey P29ER geometry

Ritchey Mountain bike

Here's a front view of the bike.

Ritchey P29ER bicycle

The bike from behind

Ritchey mountain bike

Front of the bike.

Ritchey mountain bike

Closer view of the Rock Shox front forks.

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The cockpit from behind

Seatpost

The bike's Flite Titanium saddle and USE Alien seat post.

Syncros stem

The Syncros Cattlehead 150mm stem

Syncros stem

Front of the Syncros stem

Syncros stem

Back of the Syncros stem.

Control TEch bar ends

The bike's Control Tech Control Stix

Ritchey Logic brake lever

One of the bike's Ritchey Logic brake levers.

Ritchey Logic crankset

The right Ritchey Logic 175mm crank with Sugino 24/36/44 chainrings and Time Atac XC 12 carbon/titanium pedals.

Shimano XTR front derailleur

The Shimano XTR 9500 front derailleur

Ritchey Logic crank arm

The left Ritchey Logic crank arm bolted to a World Class Titanium bottom bracket

Time pedal

One of the Time Atac XC 12 carbon/titanium pedals

Front hub

The front White Industries MI5 hub with a Salsa Titanium Flip-Off skewer.

White Industries Hub

The bike's front White Industries hub.

Rock Shox fork damper lock out

The Rock Shox fork damper lock out.

Shimano XTR rear derailleur

The Shimano XTR 986GS Shadow Plus rear derailleur & the SRAM 1070 10-speed 12-36 cassette

Ritchey adjustabel rear dropout

The Ritchey's brilliant adjustable rear dropout and the Avid disc brake.

Avid disc brake

A close-up of the Avid disc brake.

Mavic bicycle rim

The bike's Mavic XM819 32-hole disc-brake specific alloy rims.

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To make the bike perfect, the zip ties on the rear brake cable are color-coordinated.

Red zip tie

The front one

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And the middle one.