Ritchey Super Comp 87 Fillet Brazed hand made,my dream bike

[Monomusic]

Re: Ritchey Super Comp 87,my dream bike

atta boy - build 'er up with new/top quality stuff ... ride the wheels off the thing ... and then you can put all the original stuff back on it again afterwards.

That's my intention Keep all orginal part in safe place . Frame is too good to hang on the wall .. I would like to utilize this lovely frame ..

 

[raidan73]

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I love this bike. I understand your plan for it but would like to see photo's of it 100% period correct before you make it into your regular rider

 

[Monomusic]

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I love this bike. I understand your plan for it but would like to see photo's of it 100% period correct before you make it into your regular rider

will do .. I think the image with Spinergy wheel kind of weird and vintage lover will hate that . Actually, I remove it since first shot ride .. just want to test it out.. and I am not really happy with it also. Want to see how weird it can be with modern look.

so far apart from Headset and BB , I plan to use original or same period parts.. still having problem with wheel ... original one still an option.

Thank you very much

 

[Monomusic]

Re: Ritchey Super Comp 87,my dream bike

appreciate all comments and please keep it coming

I am really in to vintage bike and try to keep everything original as possible . Would love to hear your comments because I did not know much about pre 90s MTB.

Below is my touring bike TOEI Japan custom made from 70s-80s not sure period almost 40 years old or more , I still have most original parts even the brake cable case still original .

 

[Muddy paw]

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Nice to see your open minded about your choice of components and i really love that tourer and you've obviously taken real good care of it judging by the pic ..

 

[Monomusic]

Re: Ritchey Super Comp 87,my dream bike

Nice to see your open minded about your choice of components and i really love that tourer and you've obviously taken real good care of it judging by the pic ..

Many thanks!

 

[Monomusic]

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I really want to replace headset with something same period.. original Dura ace is no longer function well .. no surprise since it is almost 30 years old.. I purchase NOS XT730 to replace it ... too bad it doesn't work it require additional work on fork which I do not prefer .. ,so I decide to change headset to king ... due to additional work on fork and bearing performance. I am not rich ... ,but $$ is less priority here.. for now .. or forever she will be my favorite bike... ,so I need to decide what best ...

Each time we replace headset .. somehow it require force and that is the main reason why I decide to replace headset with King ,base on assumption that I will ride this lovely bike with less service in next 20 years time.. Hopefully I live that long

I will keep all original parts ...and reinstall them once I decide to hang this frame on the wall .. trust me it is hard decision It is really hard to decide .. to be honest ... I think this lovely frame will be my favorite and I don't think I can get any frame to replace her ..

 

[mauricer]

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why change it when it was awesome when you got it. brilliant bike.

 

[Monomusic]

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why change it when it was awesome when you got it. brilliant bike.

If I decide not to ride this bike often and hang it on the wall , I should keep it as is I agree.. ,but I also want this bike to ride as good as it can be .. I also try to see if I can improve how she look. I know people have different test ...Mine is not good

 

[Monomusic]

Re: Ritchey Super Comp 87 Filllet Brazed hand made,my dream bike

This is the final version of this bike. , I decide not to keep all catalog parts on the bike , but replace few parts ,so I can enjoy the bike.

I can easily restore it back to catalog when I decide to display the bike until then I would prefer to keep the bike this way.

Appreciate all the comments ,but some time you need to decide what make you happiest .





Thank you very much again for all inputs and comments.. :xmas-wink: