Ritchey Outback 2025 Frameset

Tom Ritchey rides about 10,000 miles (16,000km) per year, mostly off-road. Combine that with more than 50 years of crafting bicycles, and it's no wonder that the Outback is an icon in the gritty world of gravel and adventure cycling.

Standout features for this edition of the 2025 Outback include internal routing for a dropper post, a rack mount on the fork crown, and internal dynamo routing. Aurora and Winter Sage colorways offer riders more options to style their ride beyond the bike's existing practical and adaptable features, but the "big" news is, this Outback also comes in size XXL.

Bikepacking, road and off-road, you name it…the Ritchey Outback is designed to do it all.

Technology

WCS Logic Tubing

Ritchey's proprietary and triple-butted steel tubing developed specifically for the TIG welding process to Tom's specifications.

Multipurpose Mounts

Triple mounts on each fork leg offer the ability to carry...well, anything!

Integrated Carbon Crown

Sleek integration with Ritchey headsets and the added benefit of reducing stress at the steerer crown interface.

Features

• Material heat-treated, triple-butted Ritchey Logic steel tubing - TIG welded
• Ultra-light forged and machined straight 1-1/8" headtube
• Electrophoretic Deposition (ED Coat) treated for corrosion resistance
• Seat tube clamp size: 28.6mm (2.5Nm max for derailleur clamps and chain guides)
• 27.2mm seat tube with integrated seat collar (Max torque setting: 6Nm)

Specification

Frame

• Bottom bracket: 68mm - English threaded
• 142mm spacing (12mm alloy thru-axle included)
• Crankset min/max ring size - single36 to 46 Tooth / double: 46/30t to 50/34t
• Can accommodate 1X or 2X chainrings
• Chainline: 49mm
• Not compatible with Direct Mount standard and related components (T-Type derailleurs and cassettes)
• Bottle cage mounts: 3
• Rack and mudguard mounts
• Stealth wire routing for semi-wireless Di2 groupsets
• DSP internal (Seat tube only) routing available
• External cable routing
• WCS headset included (Upper IS42/28.6 - 16mm stack height | lower IS42/30)
• Replaceable stainless-steel derailleur hanger

Fork

• New Ritchey Carbon Adventure Fork with multi-purpose, rack and mudguard mounts
• 1-1/8" straight steerer with integrated 45-degree crown race
• Steerer length: 300mm
• Fork length: 390mm
• Axle-crown: 393mm
• Rake/Offset: 50mm
• 100mm spacing (12mm alloy thru-axle included)
• Fork max payload 3kg per side
• 30mm maximum spacers below stem

Tyre Compatibility

• Wheel and tyre compatibility 700 x 48mm or 650 x 2.0in (Depending on tyre/rim manufacturer)
• Frame spacing: 58mm
• Fork spacing: 60mm

Brake Compatibility

• Flat-mount brakes front and rear 140mm (160mm max - adaptors available separately)
• Frame flat-mount bracket height: 10mm

Extras

• Sizes: XS / S / M / L / XL / XXL
• Frame weight: 2175g (Size L - without thru-axle)
• Fork weight: 445g (With uncut steerer / not including axle)