Re: [RBW] Re: Found a 1986–87 Bridgestone T700 at the Curb This Morning, Am Puzzled

2015-08-29 Thread Robert Bolesta
pull brakes, >> it's an ideal conversion. It'll look better than the following photo, which >> already looks good: >> >> http://www.sheldonbrown.com/bridgestone/1987/pages/bridgestone-1987-22.htm >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Robert

[RBW] Re: Found a 1986–87 Bridgestone T700 at the Curb This Morning, Am Puzzled

2015-08-28 Thread rob markwardt
If anybody is interested I have an 87 T700 (62 cm) in the garage waiting to be put together..the white one that somebody posted a link to earlier. It's not free but if you can pick up in Seattle I'm willing to let it go pretty cheap...$120?...$80 without wheels. I've got all the original main

Re: [RBW] Re: Found a 1986–87 Bridgestone T700 at the Curb This Morning, Am Puzzled

2015-08-25 Thread Minh
e/1987/pages/bridgestone-1987-22.htm > > -Original Message- > From: Robert Bolesta > Sent: Aug 24, 2015 7:13 AM > To: RBW Owners Bunch > Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Found a 1986–87 Bridgestone T700 at the Curb This > Morning, Am Puzzled > > Thanks for the comments

Re: [RBW] Re: Found a 1986–87 Bridgestone T700 at the Curb This Morning, Am Puzzled

2015-08-24 Thread James Warren
esta Sent: Aug 24, 2015 7:13 AM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Found a 1986–87 Bridgestone T700 at the Curb This Morning, Am Puzzled Thanks for the comments, everyone!I decided that I'm going to build this up as my commuter/light tourer, replacing my current too-small-for-me Bri

Re: [RBW] Re: Found a 1986–87 Bridgestone T700 at the Curb This Morning, Am Puzzled

2015-08-24 Thread Robert Bolesta
Thanks for the comments, everyone! I decided that I'm going to build this up as my commuter/light tourer, replacing my current too-small-for-me Bridgestone 450 of the same year, or possibly the year after. I've been riding the 450 to 5 miles work every day for almost 8 years, and I even toured

Re: [RBW] Re: Found a 1986–87 Bridgestone T700 at the Curb This Morning, Am Puzzled

2015-08-23 Thread Minh
+1 from me, a neighbor was moving out a few years ago and left a Bridgestone 450 in the recycling area. i'm still riding it today :) On Saturday, August 22, 2015 at 10:47:36 PM UTC-4, Mark Reimer wrote: > > I also found a Bridgestone on a curb once! There was a construction site > with a big p

Re: [RBW] Re: Found a 1986–87 Bridgestone T700 at the Curb This Morning, Am Puzzled

2015-08-22 Thread Mark Reimer
I also found a Bridgestone on a curb once! There was a construction site with a big pile of trash, saw a bike laying in it. It turned out to be a really great silver Bridgestone (unsure of model, but some kind of road bike) with full Suntour groupset, including bar-end shifters, cyclone deraill

Re: [RBW] Re: Found a 1986–87 Bridgestone T700 at the Curb This Morning, Am Puzzled

2015-08-22 Thread James Warren
The chainstays on the T700 in years 1985 and 1987 were 42.5 cm long. That's what the catalogs say. It sounds like you found a road frame with good tire clearance. Enjoy! On Aug 22, 2015, at 10:18 AM, James Warren wrote: > > I read somewhere that the "T" in RB-T stood for the word "triple." T

Re: [RBW] Re: Found a 1986–87 Bridgestone T700 at the Curb This Morning, Am Puzzled

2015-08-22 Thread James Warren
I read somewhere that the "T" in RB-T stood for the word "triple." The RB-T is a great bike, but not a full tourer. It's a lot like the Rambouillet but with cantis. I don't know what the "T" in T700 stood for. -Jim W. On Aug 22, 2015, at 10:06 AM, Jack B wrote: > Strange, I never noticed th

[RBW] Re: Found a 1986–87 Bridgestone T700 at the Curb This Morning, Am Puzzled

2015-08-22 Thread Jack B
Strange, I never noticed that the T700 has no eyelets on the later models. Looks like even the RB-T is lacking them! I'm guessing that 'touring' bikes were not fashionable in the late 80's, so B-stone could get away without adding these features. I might have some P-clamps in my parts bin, bou