I sometimes commute on an 18" MB-5 (my fendered rain bike) and also have a 19" MB-3 or -4 frame (its battered and no longer has the model number; I bought it as a spare). The head tubes are identical, but the actual top tube has less slope on the larger frame and is a cm longer. The canonical sizing back in 1992 would have you on the 18". (At least at the Bridgestone shop where I worked at that time.) Remember that stems on those bikes were fairly flat and long: 7 cm was considered short and most were in the 9 to 12 cm range. The cheaper MB-6 was built with a little shorter t-t dimension, I think with the assumption that the rider would be less aggressive and more casual and upright.
David Lipsky Berkeley On Jan 23, 2:45 pm, tlawnsby <tlawn...@clearwire.net> wrote: > Hi, > > Just curious if anyone has a Bridgestone mountain bike and how much > shorter the size is vs your road bike. > > I had a new Bridgestone MB in the early 90's and loved it, but can't > remember the size. There's another one on craigslist that I have an > opportunity to purchase. > > My PBH is 82 -- I normally ride a 21" (53cm) regular road bike, and I > have a 56cm Rambouillet which is perfect. > > The MB-4 for sale is a 19" c-t -- I can try it out later this week > but it's kind of a long drive, hate to waste the time if there's no > chance of it fitting. > > Thanks, Tom. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
