Bridgestone Coming Back?

[ptourkin]

I'm holding out for a carbon X01.

Spoiler alert. This article includes some nice looking steel!

http://www.bikerumor.com/2016/03/10/tpe16-iconic-brand-bridgestone-cycles-makes-a-strong-push-to-put-branded-bikes-back-on-the-market/#more-123944

[Andreas]

Just like the great Motebecane bikes we have...

Seriously, Bridgestone Japan had nothing in common with Bridgestone USA.
The latter was all about GP's designs.

[eddief]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh4PGy5yHFI

Do we know of anyone else using hydroformed steel?

[ceolwulf]

Bridgestone-Anchor is really popular in Japan still, don't know if they've exported at all though lately? I would love an Anchor track bike.

[cmbicycles]

Giant is/was big on hydroforming aluminum though I don't think they did it for steel as those were their low price point bikes.

[seanile]

Bridgestone-Anchor is really popular in Japan still, don't know if they've exported at all though lately? I would love an Anchor track bike.

20% off until the end of march for orders >$1k
https://www.njs-export.com/collections/frames/anchor

[Bob Ross]

Bridgestone Japan had nothing in common with Bridgestone USA.
The latter was all about GP's designs.

Wait, so the GP-designed Bridgestone's were actually made in the USA?

[ceolwulf]

20% off until the end of march for orders >$1k

https://www.njs-export.com/collections/frames/anchor


Beautiful, but I had in mind more something like this -

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160310/e59b493257afbfdc51ff57d9971806ad.jpg

[crossjunkee]

I sure lusted after an MB-1 back in the day!

[pinoymamba]

Beautiful, but I had in mind more something like this -


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7315/12604604303_8492d90efc_z_d.jpg

like this? :cool: i don't race on plastic wheels anymore :(

i wouldn't mind a road bike from them.

[Ken Robb]

Grant Petersen was the head of Bridgestone's USA Division. He had input on the design and component choices for Bridgestone bikes sold in the USA but they were made in Japan. It may be that some of the cheaper ones had frames from Taiwan but all the ones I saw were Japanese with Ishiwata triple-butted tubes. The rise in the value of Yen vs. Dollar made their Japanese-made frames too expensive for sale in the USA. It's possible that today's rate of exchange might make a comeback in the USA possible for Bridgestone.

[ceolwulf]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7315/12604604303_8492d90efc_z_d.jpg

like this? :cool: i don't race on plastic wheels anymore :(

i wouldn't mind a road bike from them.


I like it 👍

[ptourkin]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7315/12604604303_8492d90efc_z_d.jpg

like this? :cool: i don't race on plastic wheels anymore :(

i wouldn't mind a road bike from them.

I like. Looks like my size

[bfd]

Grant Petersen was the head of Bridgestone's USA Division. He had input on the design and component choices for Bridgestone bikes sold in the USA but they were made in Japan.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/lasvegas/2005/images/13.jpg

[Red Tornado]

My first road bike was a Bridgestone 500. Suntour Cyclone II groupset, Sakae cranks (52/42) and a 14/28 rear freewheel.
Had a lot of fun on that bike.

[thunderworks]

The GP bikes were made in both Japan and Taiwan. The upper level bikes (MB0, MB1, etc.) were lugged bikes made in Japan, the lower level bikes (down to the MB6) were made in Taiwan. The road bikes were predominantly made in Japan. I was a dealer for Bridgestone from the late 1980's until Bridgestone abandoned the US market in 1994. Grant and Bridgestone were really great to deal with. When Bridgestone left the American market, they even rebated dollars back to their dealers who had paid for their seasonal orders. Totally upright move.

[stephenmarklay]

I sold my RB-1 in the winter and already miss it. I noticed these new bikes are small :) Max size might fit however!

[Corso]

I didn’t realize they went away…mine’s still with me.

[velomateo]

Perforated Rolls saddle and Salsa stem...definitely a man with taste.:beer: