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All, fair points Amey - I work in adland too (so naturally a sucker).
If I was to buy one it would be moving back to Aus with me where mudguards are less of an issue. And after just thinking about that for sec - a Ritchey hardtail P-650B would be pretty nice. Back to my home trails.
Dunno why I'm even looking, came home on Saturday sunburned, starving and smiling because I'd just smashed the old Caad round epping for a few hours and absolutely loved it - and that cost me ~£600 to build. Only slightly worried about the paper thin alu walls in a 10 y/o frame...
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I work in branding lol.
I genuinely think Tom Ritchey is one of the few guys left in big cycling who actually cares and makes great products; thats what I mean by it not being any 'special' compared to swiss cross or the break away or their superlogic stuff.
Yeah I agree; £650 aint bad; that fork is one of the lightest and nicest on the market although personally I dont like the curve on it.
The question in this country for any road bike is can you put mudguards on it? If not then its a summer bike; then why steel?
I've ridden everything and carbon wins over everything for me. Sure with a Ritchey build you will get a lot of Tumblr action.