Hey, Tommy the track bike sommelier here. I wanted to share my thoughts on the Garden City.

When putting force to the pedals, they roll forward smoothly. It’s not stiff and it slowly catches speed. To wheelie, you’ll need to put a lot of weight towards the back. Skidding feels a bit awkward at first, but it feels really good once you get the hang of it. You can stretch it out pretty far.

You can really feel how well the heat-treated triple-butted tubing performs. This Richey original high-spec chromoly tubing is both sturdy and lightweight, it’s pretty much a game-changer.

The 55mm BB drop is very intriguing to me!

(Here are the BB drop on other track frames for your reference : UNVER Rapid/54mm, AFFINITY Kissena/55mm, MASH AC & STEEL/54mm)

Even though the BB is set a bit high, the bike doesn’t feel flimsy. I think that’s probably thanks to the slightly longer top tube and the 45mm fork offset, which is on the larger side for a stock track frame, resulting in a design with a longer front center.

The fork, with its aluminum steerer tube and carbon blades, feels solid, and the steering offers just the right amount of stiffness, or rather, a nice, sporty feel, which makes it a lot of fun to ride.

I’m the kind of person who loves pairing a carbon fork with a steel frame, so the fact that Ritchey offers this as standard set up makes me super stoked.

On top of the carbon fork, it also comes standard with a high-spec WCS headset, so it feels like a great deal.

It’s definitely a track bike, but I guess you could say it has more of an “urban” vibe than a “street” if you know what I mean.

Rather than riding it aggressively, it just feels so good to zip around. It’s the kind of bike that makes you want to take unnecessary detours.

It’s got a bit of a road bike feel to it, too, so I bet it would work great with a freewheel and drop bars. The slim chromoly frame gives it a classic look at first glance, but it’s actually a fully-specced, modern steel bike.

Fergus is amazing! You can really tell it was made by someone who’s crazy about bikes. I borrowed Tara’s bike to give it a try, and I was like, “Wow this thing is fun”

This is a track bike for grown-ups!

It’s really growing on me. I love it!