JoeyC68

travbikeman

Brought home my new Giant Trance 3 this past Saturday. Riding single track trails like Cacapon State Park in WV is getting a bit too rough on a hard tail for this now 51 yr old.

ofajen

Here’s my old Schwinn. Two weekends ago I swapped out the road bars for these touring bars in a moustache bar configuration. Very fun!





Otto

missinglink

This is my Allez sport that I bought new in 2015. I've really enjoyed it.

Chuck M 

I don't spend a lot of time in the drops, but I still ride drop bar bikes. I am looking for an old three speed or even a mixte so when the day comes I need to be more upright or I can't throw my leg over the saddle on my roadies I can still ride.



2018 Trek Domane

1984 Raleigh Competition

1980 Takara Grand Touring

1981 Takara Deluxe 12

GhenghisKahn

This is my bell. It's badazz. My bikes are badazz. I'm badazz, too. ☠

tkamd73 

That is a really cute bell.
Tim

curbtender

When you get old, badazz takes on a new meaning, lol...

Lenton58 

A brief comment for those thinking Bridgestone only ever made tires and gold balls: I have lived in Japan since 1993. Quite early on I learned that Bridgestone had a solid racing heritage, as well as building some very nice consumer sports machines. On another note, one of our shopping bikes that has sat in the weather for 27 years is a Bridgestone that gets ridden almost daily.

ofajen

I got a different 150mm stem of the modern variety and angled it down on the quill adapter. Now I can get the touring bars low enough to run them in the upright orientation and still get about the right amount of bar drop.

The other thing I will eventually try will be some gravel drop bars about this same 54 cm width and with a shallow drop.



Otto

DQRider 

I would wager that nearly everyone on the Bike Forums knows the illustrious history of Bridgestone bicycles. Grant Petersen, founder of Rivendell, designed some of their most interesting models in the 1980s and `90s. I have always admired their MB-X series of mountain bikes, especially the MB-Zip and MB-1 versions. Those are on my Grail list at the moment, but they remain just beyond reach, financially.

The one Bridgestone I have owned was built up into a city bike from one of their old, lower-end road bikes.



I built it up in the French tradition, with fenders, ornate chainguard, and internal gearing (Nexus 7). It rode beautifully in this configuration, even though it was quite heavy.
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It was built of high-tensile steel tubing joined by cast-on lugs, another Bridgestone innovation. Here is the last shot I took of it, after I highlighted those cast lugs in black, with gold lug-lining:



Recently, I traded it away for a couple of 1st generation mtbs. The new owner was thrilled with it.
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obrentharris 

Brent

Alex1098

hi!

what size of wheels do you have?
i have the same bike but i think that my wheels are not 700c so i cant find tyres for the bike.

big john

How did you do that to the lugs? Is it hand painted?

big john

You might have 27 inch tires/rims. They are available. 27in Road Tires Cycling Products - BikeTiresDirect

DQRider 

Yes it is.
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tjfastback66

I have a 1983 Raleigh Prestige Grand Sport that I bought new at a bike shop that I worked at back in the day.
My preferred ride is one step below - 1983 Raleigh Competition that I found on Craig's for $130. Took it down to the frame for last years winter project and it seems to ride better for some reason. Perhaps it is the longer stem, or the 27" wheels/tires. It turned out to be a wonderful ride!

non-fixie 

And they made some really innovative bikes as well. The bikes below are mrs non-fixie's, because, well, she is Japanese-sized.

The Bridgestone Blouson, a city bike by Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro. I have owned a couple of his gorgeous 1960's Alfa Romeo designs, and was surprised to find this offered by a local bike flipper. Had to have it.

I applaud the Bridgestone management for not allowing the bean counters to cheapen the production version by using standard parts. Almost everything on this bike is bespoke:



This is one of my favorite bike designs ever. The Grandtech GR-27. A 700C folding bike that actually rides like its non-folding brethren. Designed by Bridgestone engineers Ritsuo Nishimura and Nobuaki Shimada. If only they had made a version in my size.

bjjoondo 

We 65+ear's decided to go to 3 wheels for good!

Wildwood

Can’t remember if I have posted this ‘86 Bianchi Vittoria. Next one out of the project box. I like this shade of celeste, the bluer tone.


Hoping the color and Italianess of it will deliver me to cycling Nirvana , the everlasting hope.

Rdmonster69

Who you calling old ?



No pics of my bicycles on this computer : )

Desert Ryder

Trek Alpha 3700, Dawes Lightning 1000: SOLD and GT STS Dh


SOLD

Fredo76

I dislocated my first hip replacement mounting my Triumph Bonneville to ride to physical therapy. Three more dislocations and a 'revision' later, the Triumph and the Electra Glide motorcycles were sold. Bought a Jamis Citizen 1, but the doc wanted me to wait to ride it. A few weeks after my second hip replacement, I bought a used Suzuki Burgman scooter with the last of my discretionary funds. It was great to be on two wheels again. When the pandemic hit, I realized I might not get another chance to get in shape, or another spring to start riding again, and began flogging the Citizen 1 all over town.

All my non-racing bikes share a common design feature:


Hip replacement bikes

I can ride the racing bike, but I need to lay it down and step over it to get on and off. Another thread here on BF has me thinking about a custom titanium step-through touring frame, with an old-style BB and headset, but otherwise more modern parts. No software, though. That's for speedometers!

curbtender

So the Clem is just your junker?

Fredo76

Not at all!

Actually, the Clem is my brother's, but mine to ride until he picks it up. He bought the frame last fall, and sent it to me to build. I really like it - it's almost as fast as my racing bike, but more confidence-inspiring. I built Clem's wheels up with light tires and tubes, with sealant. The Jamis is not really a junker - it's what I re-started riding on, but it is a slug in comparison now, with thorn-resistant tubes and department-store tires.