Bridgestone RBT randonneur touring bike


Bridgestone RBT

The restoration wasn't easy, and I probably prolonged it a bit in order to provide myself a nightly escape to the garage, drink a beer or two and get my fingers greasy.. Bridgestone RB-T; T-500; T-700; Centurion Pro Tour; Elite GT; Centurion Elite GT; Fuji Touring Series ; Kuwahara Caravan; Lotus Odyssey; Miyata 610; 1000;


Bike Boom refurbished bikes 1991 Bridgestone RBT Touring Bike

ID: KMZU Sizing: Seat tube c-c (cm/in): 52/20.5, Effective top tube c-c, (cm/in): 54/21.3, 21-speed. Coveted Bridgestone RB-T in great shape. Could make an awesome gravel bike, or touring or cyclocross bike. Suntour XCE components. Dia Compe XCE cantilever brakes. Barcon (bar-end shifters). The RB-T was the brainchild of bike legend Grant Peterson (founder of Rivendell bikes). These bikes are.


1992 Bridgestone RBT Retrobike

Yes, Bridgestone makes bicycle tires. The company was founded in 1931, and they currently have a huge presence in the tire market. Bridgestone is one of the most famous tire companies to date. Because they specialize in making tires for bicycles and cars that are safe, reliable products that perform well.


Bike Boom refurbished bikes 1991 Bridgestone RBT Touring Bike

The RB-T, one of Bridgestone's more obscure models when released, is now a popular cyclocross mount. While riding mine once, I had the pleasure of falling in with a group of club racers on the Pacific Coast Highway during a ride to Santa Barbara. Loaded with panniers, fenders, 32mm tires and all, I maintained pace with them for twenty brisk.


Bridgestone RBT randonneur touring bike

Rare 1994 Bridgestone RB-T Touring Fork 1-Inch 700C Rim Brake 35C Lugged Green


Bike Boom refurbished bikes 1991 Bridgestone RBT Touring Bike

The Bridgestone RB-T that I had posted about a while back is finally completed and in use by ha happy new owner. In reality this bike did not need much more than a cleaning, new cables, tires, fenders and an old loved Brooks saddle. I am really happy with the way this one turned out, and the new owner is stoked.


Bridgestone RBT misterwolff Flickr

Project: '91 Bridgestone RB-T. Choosing a Project Bike means you get to curate every single component and accessory. This was my first complete rebuild of a bicycle. Over the years, I've switched out handlebars, changed bottom brackets and upgraded components. But when I found this completely rusted-out '91 RB-T at the Project Bike sale.


Bridgestone RBT.................'90 now in the process of… Flickr

Bridgestone RB-T. Frame: Lugged and butted chromoly steel. Fork/Headset: Bridgestone / Chris King threaded. Crankset/Bottom Bracket:. It did come with barcons, but this build is a "re-imagining" of Grant's RB-T. :) Posted about 7 years ago Photos. Tags. bridgestone, road-bike, touring. More. View diecycling's Profile; diecycling's Other.


The Resurrection of an Old (Bridgestone RBT) Friend Rolling in Boston

Road Models RB-1, RB-2, RB-3, RB-T. Bridgestone "road" bikes, particularly the legendary RB-1, combine frame design taken from classic Italian road bikes of the '70's with excellent Japanese workmanship and functional, reliable parts. The RB-1 was extremely popular with racers, and held its own against competing models costing hundreds of.


Bike Boom refurbished bikes 1991 Bridgestone RBT Touring Bike

Attached are images of the 1994 Bridgestone RB-T that I purchased on eBay about 18 months ago. I received the bike in good/very good condition (some scratches down to the primer on the seat and chain stays and slight damage to decals).. as described in the 1994 Bridgestone Catalog (non-stock items are annotated with an asterisk [*]): Frame.


1992 Bridgestone RBT The Paceline Forum

March 17, 2013 in Bicycle, Bridgestone, RB-T, rollingnews. Resurrected 1994 Bridgestone RB-T. In the spring of 1994 my parents bought me a Bridgestone RB-T for a cross-country (Seattle to Portsmouth, NH) ride that I was preparing to do that summer. The previous summer I had my first experience with extended bicycle touring when I participated.


Bridgestone RBT Released Ocean Air Cycles Click to Shop

That was the extent of it. A page from the 1991 Bridgestone catalog, showing the RB-T Synergy being ridden by the mythical Pineapple Bob, himself. The text is pure Grant Petersen: "This is our most versitle bike. If you don't race either on the road or the dirt, and you don't have a good bike yet, and you can only get one, and the hills.


Bridgestone RBT Released Ocean Air Cycles Click to Shop

Black 1996 Bridgestone RB-T, serial: X020673. Touring bike with aerobar, fenders, and rear pannier rack..


1992 Bridgestone RBT on velospace, the place for bikes

Bridgestone RB-T back on the road. November 2, 2007, 11:58 pm. Two years ago my Bridgestone RB-T was my daily commuter. I took it apart (needed the parts for other bikes) when I got the Kogswell P/R. I loved the RB-T though, it was one of my best riding bikes. Two months ago John Speare offered me a low trail (high rake) steel fork for the RB-T.


CC Bicycle Gallery Ian Kersey's Bridgestone RBT

Parts list for 1991 Bridgestone RB-T Vintage Touring Shifter cables and housing: https://amzn.to/38g40ol Brake cables and housing: https://amzn.to/2DZqPPkHan.


1992 Bridgestone RBT Value? Bike Forums

Brazen Bicycles is a small custom bicycle workshop based in Oakland, CA, specializing in steel lugged randonneur, touring, porteur, and town builds.