Grant Petersen designed #BridgestoneRB-1 (1989 in this case) has been a grail bike frame of mine for years.

This beauty showed up at a swap meet this weekend, and was complete and in great working order. Took it home for $250.

I have a full set of 11s 105 that’s going to make its way onto the bike, and I’ll keep the Suntour GTX components safe for the originalists out there.

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    1 month ago

    Indeed it has 126mm spacing (and yes, is steel,) but my 11s hub slides in without too much squeezing.

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      1 month ago

      Sounds good. My brother is an originalist, but I’m more of a modern guy. I have an old Cannondale 2.8 frame that he built up for me in the late 90s, and it has 8 speed 105. I’ve threatened a few times to upgrade it, possibly using the SRAM setup with wireless shifting and rim brakes. I think it would disappoint him. Of course, it would require new wheels as well.

      But as a practical matter, those 8 speed parts aren’t going to last forever, either. I think the rear derailleur spring that holds the chain in tension is a bit tired already, for example. And it’s not like I can buy a new 105 8 speed derailleur; I can get a used one but that’s just as old. (I use the bike on a smart trainer on Zwift. What I really should do is upgrade to one of the trainers that doesn’t require physically shifting.)