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Even the traditional manufacturers are transferring ahead with essentially the most trendy of developments. Ritchey has two new headsets coming that accommodate full inside routing by means of the higher cup, with a highway stem that hides them for an excellent cleaner look.
There’s additionally new colours for the Ascent and Breakaway frames, a brand new MTB stem, and its shallowest gravel journey bar but.
Ritchey Comp Corralitos Handlebar
Providing the shallowest drop Ritchey has ever carried out, the brand new Corralitos is a large alloy riser drop handlebar with tons of flare. It’s designed for any journey; whether or not that’s round city or all over the world, there’s a whole lot of house for baggage and kit between the drops.
Just like the latest Skyline highway bar, it’s beginning on the Comp stage with double-butted 6061 alloy. In the event that they show widespread, then it’ll add WCS and carbon variations later.
Drop is simply 67.5 mm, with a brief 52mm attain. It has a spherical prime to make accent mounting simpler however will get its ergonomic bend within the drops. Different measurements are:
- 24º drop flare
- 12º outward flare
- 5º backsweep
- Widths: 46/48/50 cm (middle to middle)
- Width at ends: 62/64/66 cm (at exterior edge)
- 350 g (46 cm)
Pricing and availability are TBA.
Be aware the brand new sand/tan colorway for the Ascent gravel bike proven up prime. That and this marine/cornflower blue with cream accents on the Breakaway journey highway bike body are new for 2023.
And sure, that fiftieth Anniversary Extremely hardtail that simply got here out was the final of the limited-edition bikes celebrating Tom’s half-century milestone. Seems provider points and paint lead occasions helped stretch that celebration past the precise fiftieth yr, however who doesn’t get pleasure from an excellent, lengthy celebration?
Ritchey Built-in Stems & Headsets
The brand new Comp Change Stem is a streamlined highway stem that makes use of its C220 clamp (the physique of the stem wraps round 220º of the bar for a safer grip — most bars are 180º), however with a wider physique for elevated torsional stiffness in comparison with its spherical stems. Out there in 80/90/100/110/120 mm lengths with -16º rise. Claimed weight is 180 g (100 mm).
The underside has a channel to make room for shift cables, wires, and brake hoses, that are then hidden by the higher transition spacer plate on the brand new Comp Logic-E Change Headset. The nylon and glass-fiber spacers and plate conceal the entire cables and run them by means of the outsized 1.5″ bearing cups (matches customary tapered and 1-1/8″ steerers).
The Zero Stack headset makes use of sealed angular cartridge bearings for clean operation. Its weight is 54 g (higher portion solely, it really works with any decrease backside bracket cup).
For mountain bikes and others with out absolutely built-in cockpits, there’s a Comp Logic-E Common Change mannequin that merely places exterior ports on the higher headset spacer cowl, making room to feed cables and hoses into the body. Out there in Semi-Built-in (IS) and Totally Built-in (ZS) variations, it really works with any customary stem.
The brand new Comp Path 35 mountain bike stem is 3D-forged 6061 alloy, matches 35mm handlebars, and makes use of an offset bar clamp. It may be run with the offset up or down, letting you elevate or decrease your cockpit by 5 mm from the middle. Out there in 35/45/55/65 mm lengths, the claimed weight is 135 g (35 mm).
All merchandise are coming this spring — we received a sneak peek at Taipei Cycle Present — so pricing and ship dates for all are TBA.
