1981 Ritchey Everest This 1981 Ritchey Everest would have been sold through MountainBikes which was the company formed by Charlie Kelly & Gary Fisher to sell the frames that Tom Ritchey produced. At the time it would have been assembled into a complete bike using a hodge podge of parts designed for touring bicycles, BMX bikes, and motorcycles as MTB parts did not yet exist. For this build, I have built it up mostly with parts from 1983 as that was the year of the first dedicated MTB group, to which I am partial.BuildFrameset: 1981 Ritchey with biplane forkBars: Ritchey Bullmoose built in 2024 by Tom. 30" WidthWheels: 2nd Generation Phil Wood Hubs to NOS Araya RM-20 Rims that were...

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Here's the latest out of the workshop, a real rarity. A 1995 Rivendell Mountain Bike from the brand's earliest days. I acquired this earlier this year and had to purchase a package of three Rivendells to get it. This, to me, was the big prize and strangely enough the previous owner felt it was the least valuable of the lot which also contained first batch examples of the Atlantis and Rambouillet made in Japan models. It is not known exactly how many of the mtb's were ever made, but according to Richard Schwinn "less than twelve" as they were not popular and nearly everyone just bought the All-Arounder. When I asked him about the serial number of mine he simply...

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