53cm Bridgestone RB-T $325 plus shipping

[David Hays]

t's time to thin the herd. I have a Bridgestone RB-T. I'm not sure what year it is but it has no rack braze-ons. I have fit a Pletscher rear rack- the deluxe one Rivendell sold with the pannier mounts- and a VO front rack with the decaleur mount. I have it set up with the original Nitto Mustache bar, Shimano bar end shifters and a black Brooks B17 in good shape. It has almost new H Plus Son rims and Jack Brown Green tires. There are some gaps in the decals and there are plenty of chips in the paint but not dents or rust. It just spends too much time on the hook. I can send more photos. Let me know if you think my price is out of line. Thanks.

David Hays

Buffalo, New York

[Greg J]

Great price for a great bike!  This would fit me perfectly but I have no room in the garage....

[Nathan Mattia]

Great price in the perfect size!  Looks like you have a ‘91 there.

[Joe Bernard]

Agreed with Nathan that it's a '91 frame but the original Suntour components are missing. It's hard to see the lettering on the derailleurs but looks to be a 7-speed Shimano group of one LX variation or another, maybe a Sakae crank. As much as I cherish Suntour parts this conversion probably works great and will continue to for a couple more decades. Nice bike! 

Joe Bernard 

Clearlake CA 

On Friday, September 13, 2024 at 2:41:56 PM UTC-7 David Hays wrote:

[David Hays]

Suntour and Sakai.

David Hays

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[Joe Bernard]

Ah, interesting. Only the shifters are Shimano, I stand corrected. 

[RichS]

David, 

Your RB-T is a nice package. Price seems fair to me. If my stable wasn't set I would jump on it. Good luck with the sale.

Best,

Rich in ATL

[Eric Marth]

Wow, great price on a cult-ish RB-T! I had one that was a size up and it was too small for me. 

Haven't checked yet but if you haven't cross-posted to iBoB I'd recommend it. Surprised it hasn't sold yet!

[David Hays]

Sold.

David Hays

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[David Hong]

Hey everyone,

The RB-T safely made it's trek from New York to California. Bike came as described - David was great to work with.

Here's a pic during a shakedown after some replaced consumables.

[David Hays]

Looks great! So glad things worked out and you’re enjoying the bike.

David

On Sep 22, 2024, at 4:36 PM, David Hong <davids...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey everyone,

The RB-T safely made it's trek from New York to California. Bike came as described - David was great to work with.

Here's a pic during a shakedown after some replaced consumables.

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[R Shannon]

David, 

Congratulations! You snagged a winner from nice guy David Hays. Have fun riding your RB-T.

Best,

Rich in ATL

On Sep 22, 2024, at 4:36 PM, David Hong <davids...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey everyone,

The RB-T safely made it's trek from New York to California. Bike came as described - David was great to work with.

Here's a pic during a shakedown after some replaced consumables.

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[David Hong]

Hey everyone

I thought it would be cool to instead of making a new thread, keep providing updates on David's original for sale thread. Would be an interesting way to showing how the bike changes throughout my time with it. But if this is against the rules, just let me know and I can make its own thread. 

So it's been about 3 months with the RB-T, and I've been loving it. As a kid who grew up on 90s BMX and then "matured" into 80s steel road bikes, this bike is pretty much what I would dream up.

Here's how it sits now. Here's a list of what's changed since it came into my possession, most of which was parts I had waiting for the right build:

• Original set of Nitto RM014 dirt drops
• Shimano 105 1050 brake levers
• A random Novara branded Viscount seat that for some reason my butt loves more than any other saddle
• Shimano Alivio 8 speed rear deraileuer. Might be placebo but this seems to dance better with the Shimano bar ends than the Suntour that was on it
• Shimano XTR cantis with Koolstops and AVID hangers (ignore the long cables, still dialing them in how I want them)
• An extra Chris King cage I had laying around
• Raceface Chester knockoffs

Great bike, fits all my current needs. Wanted to note also, these Jack Brown tires are excellent. 

Thanks and hope everyone has a safe holidays.