center rim (OCR) technology which made possible a balanced spoke tension in rear wheels and off center disc specific front and rear wheels. 1995 - 2x9 speed drivetrain for mountain bikes Film Tom Ritchey was profiled in the 2007 documentary film Klunkerz: A Film About Mountain Bikes. "Tom Ritchey's 40 Year Ride," a documentary was released in August 2012 chronicling four decades of Ritchey's business "Rising from Ashes," a documentary film chronicling the beginning of Team Rwanda Accolades, awards, and influence 1988, inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame 2012, inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame Ritchey has influenced many frame builders. The legendary frame builder and fabricator Paul Brodie has cited Tom Ritchey as one of his first influences: Paul Brodie said in an article for thespoken.cc "However, two weeks later a red Ritchey Team Comp with matching red Bullmoose Bars showed up and totally blew me away. I had never seen anything like it, and couldn’t believe anyone could make a bike that beautiful. I had little money, so I decided to make my own…" Project Rwanda In December 2005, Ritchey toured Rwanda by bicycle. He found the landscape to be beautiful, but the people and their journey of reconciliation were even more compelling. Ritchey rode through the hilly countryside, (Rwanda is called Land of a Thousand Hills) and witnessed the incredible cycling talent that existed there, without any of the modern cycling technology available to the average cyclist here in the USA. Ritchey believed that a national cycling team could bring a sense of hope and national pride. Within the next few months, Ritchey began to formalize a 501c3 called, Project Rwanda. Ritchey then asked his friend, Jared Miller, if he would go to Rwanda to explore the possibility of putting on a cycling event. On September 16, 2006, Ritchey sponsored the first annual Rwandan Wooden Bike Classic in Karongi Stadium: a mountain bike, wooden bike, and single speed colonial bike race. Attendance was over 3,000. Ritchey asked North American Tour de France Stage winner, Alex Stieda, and cycling pioneer, Jock Boyer, to race alongside him at the event held to celebrate the wooden bike innovation and what it meant to Ritchey. After the event, Ritchey asked Boyer to help him in finding and cultivating cycling talent, which would become Team Rwanda. Ritchey designed a geared cargo/coffee bike, capable of carrying heavy loads,