![]() ![]() The wireless Force eTap AXS derailleurs might just be the perfect option for a collapsible gravel build, with no shift cables to deal with when packing (just use rim brake levers to pull mechanical disc brakes, like the TRP Spyres here). ![]() Just Bikes Berlin, who built up this custom gravel build connected an old Dura-Ace road double with 53/38T rings to a modern SRAM 2×12 setup with a 10-33 cassette. And with wider-spaced modern gravel groups, there are tons of options. But it is sold as a frameset only, and that leaves it up to your imagination. The TandM is designed for “standard tandem gearing” which would generally mean a 52/39/30T stoker triple crankset out back. The frameset includes two soft Break-Away travel case suitcases to travel with the complete bike (with the full wheels & components not included) all the pads to protect it in transit, the Break-Away couple clamps, and rear brake & derailleur cable splitters. The Outback TandM Break-Away frameset sells for $3000 / 3100€ in Merlot, Creme & Indigo a slightly more subdued tint of Ritchey’s classic read, white & blue paint job. Ritchey claims a weight of 5020g for the 3-piece assembled frame, plus another 1070g for the uncut fork. Up front, captains will be able to get a lower bar position, thanks to 5mm shorter fork length & a 15mm shorter headtube than the MTB tandem. What’s changed are slightly steeper seat angles, and a less sloping top tube with a bit longer stoker seattube. The geometry is very similar to the older 71.5° head angle MTB Double Switchback (which also had a second S/M size). Ritchey, himself) and generally fitting medium to large size captains and stokers. The Outback tandem is only available in one size (conveniently designed to fit Mr. The Outback TandM Break-Away gravel tandem has clearance for up to 700x43mm or 650x55mm tires. The frameset features full fender mounts, 5 sets of bottle cage bosses, 27.2mm seatposts, external cable routing, IS brake tabs, a standard threaded stoker BB, an eccentric captain’s BB with a threaded alloy bottom bracket insert to tension the stoker chain, and quick release axles (145mm rear spacing). It gets Ritchey’s signature light forged & machined headtube with integrated headset cups to fit a straight 1 1/8″ steerer for the matching unicrown fork inside an aesthetically small headtube. The Outback TandM Break-Away is TIG-welded in Taiwan from heat-treated, triple-butted Ritchey Logic steel tubing with three Break-Away couplers & the double seatpost Break-Away clamp setup under the stoker. And they don’t want to be confined to roads or loaded down with super heavy mountain bike wheel/tires – so it’s got to be a gravel Outback. That’s what people were already doing with the Double Switchback, including Tom Ritchey and wife Martha Allen (who notably hopped on a previous generation tandem moments after getting married.) Notice the bike is named T and M… tandm, not tandem.Īnyway, T and M like to ride together when they travel – so is has to fit into regular suitcases to fly, hence the Break-Away couplers. What’s new is that Ritchey has tweaked that old mountain bike tandem idea to give it some new life as a gravel tandem for couples to take on adventures together. The fact that Ritchey has a steel tandem, or even a collapsible gravel bike isn’t really new, their Double Switchback or Outback Break-Away have already been there & done that for years. Ritchey, complete build photos by Just Bikes Berlin Plus, they’ve reshaped their aero Chicane B2 stem more better usability and added a new, stiffer box-shaped Toyon C220 stem, as well… Ritchey Outback TandM Break-Away steel travel gravel tandem c. ![]() After a summer tease, Ritchey quietly slipped out an update folding travel tandem to their line-up late last year… of course it’s a steel gravel bike, and that new Outback TandM Break-Away is ready for you to build up now. ![]()
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