Tom Ritchey rides about 10,000 miles (16,000 km) per year, and most of that is off-road. Combine that with his more than 50 years of designing and building bicycles, and it’s no wonder the Outback has become an icon in the gritty world of gravel and adventure bikes.
Wrapped in tasty Guac y Crema paint, or the new Granite & Snow colorway, the Outback sports several practical and adaptable features that offer riders the ability to chase epic ride experiences beyond the end of the road and the end of the day. Rack and fender mounts help to keep things dry and expand the load-carrying capacity for longer bikepacking adventures, while clearance for 700c x 48mm or 650b x 2.0in tires opens up a whole new world of possibilities. Doubling down on the Outback’s practical performance, an all-carbon fiber Ritchey Adventure Fork with multi-purpose mounts on the legs gives you more places to stow the supplies you gather at the last café.
The Outback is painstakingly TIG-welded with proprietary triple-butted Ritchey Logic steel tubing that now sports an updated one-piece truss design for flat mount brakes* - providing as much stiffness and strength of previous mounts while significantly reducing chainstay weight.
Bikepacking, road, off-road, trail, expedition, you name it…the Ritchey Outback is designed do it all.
- Includes Ritchey Adventure Fork with multipurpose mounts
- Accepts 700c x 48mm or 650b x 2.0in tires
- Features rack and fender mounts
- Heat-treated, triple-butted Ritchey Logic II tubing
- Includes Ritchey WCS Carbon Adventure 12x100mm thru-axle fork
- Forged and machined straight head tube
- Full length housing stops for use with cable or hydraulic brakes
- Front and rear flat mount disc brake interface
- 12x142mm rear thru-axle
