1992 Bridgestone RB-1

[Mary Gersemalina]

Hi everybody,

I thought some on this list might be interested in my post about the 1992 Bridgestone RB-1 I purchased a couple of years ago from someone who I believe is or used to be a member of this group.

Bridgestone RB-1: New Old Fast Bike Day

It took a while, but it is finally built up (credit to my husband Ed for doing most of that work) and on the road. I took it out for a 90-mile shakeout ride a couple of weeks ago, and it road quite well. I am extremely happy with the bike. 

Thanks, and I hope everybody has a great weekend.

Mary

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[Mary Gersemalina]

Oops, sorry for the misspelling there. I meant to say "It rode quite well."

[Bill Lindsay]

You bought it from me!  That was my vacation bike.  I'm glad you like it.  

[Robert F. Harrison]

Super! I just rode mine today - I haven't in over a year since my hip replacement (I keep this bike in Hilo so I'm not over all the time anyway and then there's all the rain....)

I got mine used and it looks like a "Hilo bike." That is to say, a bit rusty and such. It's a great ride though - especially since I lost almost 90 libs. :-) I really should make it over, but until I move it to Honolulu it doesn't get ridden enough to make a huge project - though I think it'll get new handlebars on my next trip. 

Aloha and get out and ride!

Bob

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[Mary Gersemalina]

Yes, that's right! Thank you, Bill.

bleep blorp! sent from my phone

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[Patrick Moore]

That's an eloquent -- and well written! -- testimonial to the dedicated road bike, a category that seems to get among so many "all around" type bikes. Congratulations! 

Curious: You seem very pleased with it. Can you give more details of how it rides -- feeling of speed, handling -- compared to your bikes with more complete kit? I'll be interested in hearing more about how it compares to -- what other road bikes do you ride?

My own evolution has been in the opposite direction: from gofast to "practical", but I've never lost my taste for a dedicated, no-load (except ride kit and basics), thin tired (we'll see what BQ says this summer), nice-handling road bike.

After all, bicycles are very mature technology, and there is a reason why "racing" bikes exist, even if you don't seek out the latest and greatest -- IMO, older "racing bikes", with larger clearances and longer wheelbases than modern ones, make excellent bikes for just getting out and riding briskly on good pavement. (In fact, one of the best-ever grocery carriers that I've owned was a lightweight 1973 Motobecane Grand Record, a old-school racing bike; even though the frameset was lighter than any of my Rivendells, it carried 40+ lb rear loads better than any other bike I've owned -- very, very odd, though I think that the Tubus Fly rack helped a great deal.)

And every time I think that I'll, after all, convert my stripped-down Riv gofast road bike to something more practical -- add rack, fenders, lights, hell, even derailleur gears! -- I take it out on a few hills and come back convinced (once again!) that there is very definitely a place in a well-rounded stable for a bike that is as light as possible and as fast as possible and meant to be ridden on smooth pavement.

Deacon Patrick: please take note! I bet you'd have an even huger good time on Pike's Peak on a Roadeo!

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[ascpgh]

Had I not been in a position to reduce my stable when I bought my Rambouillet, that very year RB-1 was what I might have had for fast pavement rides, just as Mary so well described. Roadeo seems to show some favor of the idea!

Andy Cheatham

Pittsburgh