Featured Bike: JOM’s Ritchey Breakaway Gravel / CX Rig

From Ritchey’s website – “Over 40 years of Design Innovation – Tom Ritchey is one-of-a-kind. He continues to juggle his duties as president and lead designer of our company, now distributed in over 40 countries, while still logging 10,000 miles a year all over the world. Inspiration often comes to him while out on a […]

Ritchey Breakaway Cross Bike Review – Part Two

I wrote about the Ritchey Breakaway Cross disassembly / packing process, in Part One.  My most recent trip with the Breakway was from Gainesville, Florida, to Adelaide, South Australia. This journey featured four flights: Gainesville, Florida -> Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta, Georgia -> Dallas, Texas. Dallas, Texas -> Sydney, Australia. Sydney, Australia -> Adelaide, South Australia. […]

Ritchey Breakaway Cross Bike Review – Part One

Ritchey Break-Away Steel Cross Frameset The Ritchey Break-Away (Steel) cross frameset is a full size bike / frame, that can be split apart to fit into a travel case. Unlike coupled bicycle solutions, Ritchey’s patented locking compression system adds only 100 grams to overall frame weight.  When one is flying a bicycle to an event […]