Tom Ritchey was a Mountain Bike manufacturing Pioneer. Ritchey originally made high dollar handmade Steel Frames, and complete bikes. Like Specialized, Ritchey was an early manufacture of Mountain bikes, and no one manufactured parts for mountain bik...
go to your local bike shop. they should range from about 300+ bucks. start with someting that suits your needs. I own a Klein, Specialized is good, everyone owns a Trek, Cannondale rocks, Gary Fisher is ok.
A mountain bike is just that... you take it out of the garage, put it on your car, take it to a mountain, then when you're through riding take it home. True mountain bikes should never be ridden on the road. They start at about $800 and go up from th...