Vintage 1986 Ritchey Ascent Mountain Bike - OWNER -
Item History & Price
Vintage 1986 RitcheyAscent Mountain Bike with 20" frame in excellent condition.Please notice this is a local pickup only. No shipping is offered. ThanksI purchased thisnew from George’s Cycles in Boise, Idaho in 1986. It has not had a lot of use, plus I have taken very good care of it. It has always been stored in my garageor storage shed when not in use. All decals are in great shape with the onlyissue being the “Ascent” decal on the right side of the top tube has lifted alittle.... Please see picture.
While this bike really is in excellent condition, I don't want to represent it as perfect either. There are several small chips in the paint. The only picture that shows some of them is the next to last picture. Please look closely at this picture before bidding so you see what I'm talking about.
Since I’m notreally using it, I need to find a new home for it.
As far as Iremember it is original except for:- Newtires and tubes (Tires are Specialized Crossroads – very little use)- T-BoneStem and handlebar- SpecializedSeat
I do have theoriginal Ritchey tires and water bottles.I can sendpictures if interested.While the original Ritchey tiresseem to be in very good condition, I’m not sure if I would ever put them backon. Seems like they would be more of a novelty that anything else.I’ll leave thatup to whoever buys the bike. Detailedinformation is:- Framesize: 20”- Serialnumber is A6B00328- Frame& fork construction: TIG welded Tom Ritchey 4130 Crome-Moly- Front& Rear Derailleur: Shimano M700 “Deer Head”- RearCogs: Shimano Dura-Ace 13-28- Hubs:Shimano Dura-Ace- Rims:Araya RM-20- Brakes- Front: Shimano Cantilever- Brakes- Rear: Suntour XC Roller Cam- Shifters:Shimano SL-M700- Cranks:Shimano 600EX- Pedals:Suntour XCII “Bear Trap”I have done mybest to list everything accurately, so if you know of some mistake, please letme know.
I’m not positiveexactly how much involvement Tom Ritchey had in the Ascent line of bikes. Theinformation I have found online about that didn’t seem all that definitive tome.The followinginformation was taken from an interview with Tom Ritchey. "there was aperiod of time when I made in my shop at Skyline a series of TIG-welded bikeswith one other individual that was really skilled in TIG-welding. I made themwith him. Basically, he was my assistant. I did all the cutting of tubes andbrazing and part of the welding and he was just a very, very competent welderthat came on board after I started to test the idea out (of building TIG-weldedframes). The later “TIG bikes” were a collaborative effort mainlywith Toyo of Japan who I taught many new skills to. At various dates, the TIGbikes had varying amounts of my personal hand work on them. But I’m comfortablesaying that for the ones that were sold through Ritchey Design in the UnitedStates, 100% of them (up until the introduction of the Break Away), wentthrough my hands and my shop at Skyline which included quite a bit of personalwork by me: braze-on brazing, finishing, and aligning. So even the TIG bikes, prior to the introduction of the Break Away in 2004, had my hands and work onthem.”
While this bike really is in excellent condition, I don't want to represent it as perfect either. There are several small chips in the paint. The only picture that shows some of them is the next to last picture. Please look closely at this picture before bidding so you see what I'm talking about.
Since I’m notreally using it, I need to find a new home for it.
As far as Iremember it is original except for:- Newtires and tubes (Tires are Specialized Crossroads – very little use)- T-BoneStem and handlebar- SpecializedSeat
I do have theoriginal Ritchey tires and water bottles.I can sendpictures if interested.While the original Ritchey tiresseem to be in very good condition, I’m not sure if I would ever put them backon. Seems like they would be more of a novelty that anything else.I’ll leave thatup to whoever buys the bike. Detailedinformation is:- Framesize: 20”- Serialnumber is A6B00328- Frame& fork construction: TIG welded Tom Ritchey 4130 Crome-Moly- Front& Rear Derailleur: Shimano M700 “Deer Head”- RearCogs: Shimano Dura-Ace 13-28- Hubs:Shimano Dura-Ace- Rims:Araya RM-20- Brakes- Front: Shimano Cantilever- Brakes- Rear: Suntour XC Roller Cam- Shifters:Shimano SL-M700- Cranks:Shimano 600EX- Pedals:Suntour XCII “Bear Trap”I have done mybest to list everything accurately, so if you know of some mistake, please letme know.
I’m not positiveexactly how much involvement Tom Ritchey had in the Ascent line of bikes. Theinformation I have found online about that didn’t seem all that definitive tome.The followinginformation was taken from an interview with Tom Ritchey. "there was aperiod of time when I made in my shop at Skyline a series of TIG-welded bikeswith one other individual that was really skilled in TIG-welding. I made themwith him. Basically, he was my assistant. I did all the cutting of tubes andbrazing and part of the welding and he was just a very, very competent welderthat came on board after I started to test the idea out (of building TIG-weldedframes). The later “TIG bikes” were a collaborative effort mainlywith Toyo of Japan who I taught many new skills to. At various dates, the TIGbikes had varying amounts of my personal hand work on them. But I’m comfortablesaying that for the ones that were sold through Ritchey Design in the UnitedStates, 100% of them (up until the introduction of the Break Away), wentthrough my hands and my shop at Skyline which included quite a bit of personalwork by me: braze-on brazing, finishing, and aligning. So even the TIG bikes, prior to the introduction of the Break Away in 2004, had my hands and work onthem.”
