Tom Ritchey

Tom Ritchey is a former national level racer, passionate rider and resourceful product designer with a unique, common sense approach to building the best road and mountain components available. Tom was on the scene with other pioneers in the early days of mountain biking and he saw numerous ways to improve the equipment they were using. But his desire to build better parts wasn't rooted in some grand business plan - many parts simply didn't exist and the ones that did required substantial improvement. Tom saw an opportunity to develop lighter, stronger, better components. Many Ritchey designs and manufacturing methods have become industry standards.Tom still puts 10,000 miles a year on his bike, constantly thinking of ways to make it better. These miles of experience and unending passion for bicycles shine through in every detail of a Ritchey component.

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Cycle of Hope

Tom Ritchey is one-of-a-kind. From building bicycle frames as a teen to leading Ritchey Designs thirty-five years later, Tom is credited with pioneering the mountain bike movement that has since swept the globe. But, he always knew there was more work to be done. While pedaling 10,000 miles each year, he discovered the next place that could use his ingenuity—the heart of Africa. In this Q Portland talk, see first hand what one man’s calling looked like when his greatest talents confronted the burdens of a culture.

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