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 **MBA:** What was your first Repack race like?
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 **Tom Ritchey:**
-I went up there and had kind of a quick yell-out and said, "Whose bike can I borrow?" and I ended up borrowing [[people:repack_bios:start#wc|Wende Cragg]]’s, which basically was just about as classic as any of the bikes that you’ve seen from that kind of Schwinn-heritage category. I hurled myself into the race and down the hill, and—oh, shoot, just a couple of minutes into the race the handlebars rotated. It was pretty much unrideable [laughs], and I ended up getting off, jerking on the handlebars to get them back to straight and got to the bottom. It really wasn’t much of an experience, other than that it initiated my thought process that had to do with the first Bullmoose handlebar and the one-piece system that I knew was needed for a purpose-built, off-road bike.
+I went up there and had kind of a quick yell-out and said, "Whose bike can I borrow?" and I ended up borrowing Wende Cragg's, which basically was just about as classic as any of the bikes that you’ve seen from that kind of Schwinn-heritage category. I hurled myself into the race and down the hill, and—oh, shoot, just a couple of minutes into the race the handlebars rotated. It was pretty much unrideable [laughs], and I ended up getting off, jerking on the handlebars to get them back to straight and got to the bottom. It really wasn’t much of an experience, other than that it initiated my thought process that had to do with the first Bullmoose handlebar and the one-piece system that I knew was needed for a purpose-built, off-road bike.
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 ===== Bullmoose Evolution =====
-  * The original Bullmoose bars were either 26" or 28" wide and weighed 896g if they came with the intergrated quill.  Ritchey also created a weight saving double wedged quill which simultaneously gripped the stem and the steerer tube.
+  * The original Bullmoose bars were either 26" or 28" wide and weighed 896g if they came with the integrated quill.  Ritchey also created a weight saving double wedged quill which simultaneously gripped the stem and the steerer tube.
   * Starting in 1983 MountainBikes optionally sold Nitto made fillet brazed bullmoose bars for roughly 1/3 the cost ((The [[https://ritchey.vintagebicycledatabase.com/catalogs/mountainbikes/1983/index.php|1983 catalog]] lists Ritchey bars at $144.75 and Nittos for $52.))
   * Although the Ritchey catalog doesn't state this, starting in 1982, the lower end models such as the Mount Tam, came with TIG welded Nitto bullmoose handlebars.
-  * After the Ritchey/Kelly/Fisher [[fisher:start#dissolution|dissolution]], Ritchey referred to bullmoose bars as "Twinstrut" while Fisher MountainBikes continued to use the name, now appended with a **™** symbol.
+  * After the Ritchey/Kelly/Fisher [[fisher:start#dissolution|dissolution]], Ritchey referred to bullmoose bars as "Twinstrut" while Fisher MountainBikes continued to use the "bullmoose" name, now appended with a **™** symbol.
-  * The last vintage MTB in this timeline to use bullmoose bars appears to be the [[maruishi:start#s1988|1988 Maruishi AT18]].  After that, the focus was on making narrow bars light weight out of aluminum, titanium or carbon.
+  * The last vintage MTB in this timeline to use bullmoose bars appears to be the Swiss [[ferra:start#s1992|1992 Ferraroli Authier]].  After that, the focus was on making narrow bars light weight out of aluminum, titanium or carbon.
   * Nitto recently continued to make the Bullmoose bars and it remains available online at places such as: [[https://velo-orange.com/products/b903-bullmoose-bar-by-nitto-silver-1|velo-orange]].  28" wide, 15' sweep, 693g (no quill).  Or a fillet brazed Nitto version was available at [[https://www.rivbike.com/products/nitto-bullmoose-bar-dull-bright-fillet-brazed-150mm-16194|Rivendell]],  26" wide, 30' sweep, 868g (full quill).  ((Rivendell reports that Nitto used to make 5,000 bullmoose bars per month in the early 80's.))
-{{quill.jpg?440|1980 Ritchey quill adapter}}
+{{quill.jpg?400|1980 Ritchey quill adapter}}
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 Ritchey quill adapter, using a double wedge, allows for the bullmoose stem to firmly grab the steerer tube.
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 [[http://www.vintagemtbworkshop.com/double-quill-adaptor.html|vintagemtbworkshop]]
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+{{morati.jpg?400|2011 Morati Titanium M-bars}}
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+Morati Titanium M-bars, 560mm wide, 310g
+[[https://www.facebook.com/moratititanium|facebook]]
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 Ritchey Catalog, page 1 [[https://ritchey.vintagebicycledatabase.com/catalogs/mountainbikes/1980/index.php|vintagebicycledatabase]]
-{{ritchey_1979.jpg?440|1979 Ritchey}}
+{{number1.jpg?440|1978 Ritchey #1}}
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+Ritchey #1, upgraded with 1980 bullmoose bars.
+Tom Ritchey's personal bike.
+[[http://ritchey.vintagebicycledatabase.com/history.php|vintagebicycledatabase]]
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-Ritchey equipped with Magura L476-21 motorcycle handlebars.
-[[https://www.facebook.com/vintagemtbworkshop/photos/a.858491370904382/3336455249774636/|facebook]]
-Prior to 1980, the best handlebars were wide, flat & light motorcycle handlebars from Magura.  Almost all Series I & II Breezers used Magura handlebars.  See a gallery of 52 different Breezers: [[http://www.vintagemtbworkshop.com/vintage-joe-breeze-breezer-photos.html|Vintagemtbworkshop Breezer gallery]].
+{{2015.jpg?440|2015 Ritchey WCS Carbon bullmoose handlebar-stem combo.}}
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+Ritchey WCS Carbon bullmoose handlebar-stem combo.
+Size: 720->740mm wide with a 9->11cm stem.
+g.
+$299.95
+[[https://bikerumor.com/ritchey-bullmoose-handlebar-stem-combo-back-now-in-wcs-carbon-form/|bikerumor]]
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