Ritchey Ascent Comp (1990) questions

[27motorhead]

Thank you all for the advice and knowledge, I had fun reading Ritchey catalogs this morning!

I talked to the guy, he agreed to lower its price to 500$ CAD. I'll go have a look this afternoon; depending on the condition, I might just take it at that price. Good thing it is a short drive from where I live!

Looking at the other pictures, it appears that it is built with Deore DX parts and uses Ritchey Logic (non Prestige) tubing.

Good luck and take your time!

 

[vtwinvince]

I agree that it's late 80's. I have a '91 Comp that I picked up in near mint condition, all original down to the Megabytes, for 300.00 CDN.

 

[27motorhead]

I agree that it's late 80's. I have a '91 Comp that I picked up in near mint condition, all original down to the Megabytes, for 300.00 CDN.

I’ve gone off you Canadian’s!!!

Amazing price! Don’t tell me you drove 12 hours each way to collect?!

 

[vtwinvince]

LOL, no, it was local and came out of a collection a friend bought for the road bikes. Apparently it had been ridden a few times, then put in storage for decades.

 

[DrDaveTampa]

Not having original equipment wouldn't be a deal killer for me, but the negotiation would be far from over. I'd be telling that mutt, "look here, I'm buying a frame, it would be worth more to me as a bare frame to keep from having to take all this crap off" and just not mention I've been kinda looking for a DX groupset. capisce? Note those vintage Ritchey stems with the little basket are horrifyingly expensive, if that's still on the bike that would be a plus. Rims just kinda are what they are, there's been a bunch of NOS Ritchey Vantage rims on ebay lately for a good price, but if the rims are beat (and they probably are) that too could be a good talking point

If the dude didn't want to get beat up on price, he wouldn'ta asked a thousand bucks for that thing, so go beat him up. Flip side is, the way bicycle restoration works, $50 one way or the other for a frame is a drop in the bucket. If the frame is sound (not all out of alignment, seat post isn't stuck, no pitting rust, and it's really a Ritchey) you can't go too wrong from here

 

[27motorhead]

Not having original equipment wouldn't be a deal killer for me, but the negotiation would be far from over. I'd be telling that mutt, "look here, I'm buying a frame, it would be worth more to me as a bare frame to keep from having to take all this crap off" and just not mention I've been kinda looking for a DX groupset. capisce? Note those vintage Ritchey stems with the little basket are horrifyingly expensive, if that's still on the bike that would be a plus. Rims just kinda are what they are, there's been a bunch of NOS Ritchey Vantage rims on ebay lately for a good price, but if the rims are beat (and they probably are) that too could be a good talking point

If the dude didn't want to get beat up on price, he wouldn'ta asked a thousand bucks for that thing, so go beat him up. Flip side is, the way bicycle restoration works, $50 one way or the other for a frame is a drop in the bucket. If the frame is sound (not all out of alignment, seat post isn't stuck, no pitting rust, and it's really a Ritchey) you can't go too wrong from here

so go beat him up.

Sounds like there's no messing with @DrDaveTampa !!!

 

[DrDaveTampa]

Ole grandpa here got hisself all stirred up, due to the influence of this thread, and went for a Christmas ride today. OP, my bike looked much worse than your when I started with it

In other news, these guys are planning to re-release the Ritchey Megabite tire. I imagine it'll be north a $90 US per tire. One example of why it probably doesn't matter if you pay $400 or $500 for the frame, you're just getting started. Maybe they should call it the Gigabyte now