This is a great thread, as a modern day owner of Ritchey's, i agree, he is most under appreciated and most humble of framebuilders. My best evidence was we were riding on a charity ride here in the midwest, and buddy next to me says 'hey...thats Tom Ritchey' and sure enough it was. We had a short chat on the road which was the coolest thing ever. We were just friends w/bikes in common which was the best. Nonetheless, that was 20 yrs ago and ever since I have been impressed with his work. BTW: Paul, that was excellent work on that road logic to get it back up and running.