Howdy y'all, I’m putting my 1985 Bridgestone MB-2 up for sale, the first year B-stone started making mountain bikes. Fairly long wheelbase, but offers a nice, stable ride and climbs very well. You could say this long wheelbase design was 30+ years ahead of its time. Non-aggressive geometry, is comfy and fun to ride, especially with the Jones H-bar I have on it. I built it up primarily as a trekking/bikepacking rig, but lately have also used it pretty exclusively as my main mountain biking ride, since it still handles quite well on all but the tightest singletrack. Plenty of room to run Rat Trap Pass tires with fenders (69/67mm width at fork crown/chainstays).
This is the 21” size, with a seat tube of 53.5cm (c-t), top tube of 58.75cm (c-c), standover of 80.65cm, and chainstays are 47cm. Selling because there’s surprisingly a lot of overlap with my 56cm MIT Atlantis, and I recently built up a Clem for my wife that’s pretty mountain bike-y, so as cool as the MB-2 is, it’s become a bit redundant in our stable. BUILD LIST: Jones loop H-bar 710mm with Kraton grips Shimano XT SL-M700 deerhead ratcheting thumb shifters Shimano XT BL-M730 brake levers Soma 1” threadless adapter riser with 40mm stem Dia-Compe XCExpert cantilever brakes with Kool Stop dual compound pads Shimano XT M737 rear derailleur Shimano XT deerhead M700 front derailleur Specialized “flag” cold-forged crankset 175mm, 48-36-26 chainrings Shimano XT 32-spoke hubs (HB-M738 front, HB-M737 rear) laced to Specialized S-Works Z-21 Pro rims Shimano XTR CS-M900 8 speed 12-32 cassette Shimano BB-UN55 bottom bracket (I think it’s 122.5mm wide) Note: the rear dropout width is 130mm and the OLD on the XT rear wheel is 135mm. I have not cold-set the frame at all, and I’ve been using this rear wheel now for about two years with zero issues. It does require a slight amount of effort to widen the dropouts when mounting the rear wheel, but nothing out of the ordinary. NOT INCLUDED in the sale are the saddle, pedals, and the bags. I’d like to get $550 for the complete bike. Shipping and packing will be approx. $100-$120 extra for the complete bike, depending on where you live. Local pick-up is encouraged, and I'd be happy to meet you anywhere in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill,NC area. I’m also open to selling just the frame/fork/headset, rolling chassis, etc. Just let me know what iteration you're interested in, and I'm sure we can work something out. Thanks for looking, ask lotsa questions, and have a great day! ~Mark Raleigh, NC -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/50c98af1-c1f2-466c-bb5a-c55d34faf392%40googlegroups.com.
