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A tour of the Ridley bike factory, Belgium, May 10, 2006

Fast Freddy Rodriguez' bike
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The XNight cross bike
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Ridley's component brand is 4ZA.
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Nice integrated cable guides
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Anthony Kumpen and Luca Brischetto
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The 4ZA carbon bars and stem
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Some frames
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Ridley's line of bike jerseys
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Some more frames
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The Ridley Chronos TT bike.
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The Cobra XC MTB bike
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Welcome to the treasure trove
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More frames
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And even more....
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In the workshop
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More frames hanging up
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The Ridley base is packed
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A stack of unpainted frames
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Each and every bike
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Some finished frames
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Other frames waiting to be coated
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Ridley also make frames
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The scalpel wizard
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Carbon bikes awaiting coating.
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Frames halfway through
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Everyone knows
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Frames nearing the end of the process
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The distinctive Damocles
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The Damocles has been the flagship model
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Ridley makes its own transfers and screens
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Transfer sets
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Several workers
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Paint shop pro
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More colours
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Another frame gets sprayed
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The clean room
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Bottom bracket threads
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Nice colour schemes
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The new top of the range Noah
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The contract to supply police bikes
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The name says it all
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Another view
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