The bike that rides so great and that I can just stare at for hours as I also find it so beautiful is my late 70s Ritchey Palo Alto Tandem…
…and then after owning for a while I learned of its background, having been owned originally by noted cycling scribe and all around cyclist, the late Owen Mulholland, its place in my stable only became more elevated…
Now if I could get Joe Breeze and Otis Guy help me get a same side drive system back on it like Owen had and as they had on their contemporaneous Ritchey tandem (the Anchor Steamer), it would be the cat’s meow…
Picture above is the Anchor Steamer as displayed at the Marin Museum of Bicycling…first time I saw my Ritchey it was hanging in about this same location and it was love at first sight.