'91 Bridgestone MB-0 Zip

[klasse]

Nice

Were Bridgestones not all made in Japan then? Mine has a MIJ decal........

Apparently the TIG ones were Taiwan and lugged were Japan http://www.sheldonbrown.com/bridgestone/

I have both kinds and this appears to be true...my Zips don't have stickers.

I brightened up the pics a bit. :idea:

 

[sinnett177]

Loving the Bridgestone, would one day like to own one of these.

 

[Mpgiant]

Zip

The zip looks awesome. I am reconditioning mine now in Alabama. I bought it while working at university bikes in boulder in 1994. Of course I took it and stripped it of all the good stuff. Put shimano on it. Ran it with a softened stem for a while then with a Rockshox. Luckily I still kept the original mavic wheels and crankset/BB. The bike has been ridden hard though. Won't look as pretty as yours!!!! A couple foe questions:

Is your freewheel a sachs or sun tour pro?
Will a standard xc pro front der work fine?
Have you seen a saddle like this anywhere? It's a one-off for the zip I think.

Thanks!
Mike

 

[klasse]

Re: Zip

The zip looks awesome. I am reconditioning mine now in Alabama. I bought it while working at university bikes in boulder in 1994. Of course I took it and stripped it of all the good stuff. Put shimano on it. Ran it with a softened stem for a while then with a Rockshox. Luckily I still kept the original mavic wheels and crankset/BB. The bike has been ridden hard though. Won't look as pretty as yours!!!! A couple foe questions:

Is your freewheel a sachs or sun tour pro?
Will a standard xc pro front der work fine?
Have you seen a saddle like this anywhere? It's a one-off for the zip I think.

Thanks!
Mike

Hi Mike, the freewheel is XC Pro, see the full specs in the first post. A standard XC Pro front der will work. I have seen only one of these saddles that was not on a 91 Zip - it was on a '92 MB-1 that sold on ebay last Summer. My understanding is that they only made one run of these saddles for the '91 Zip. If I see another one then I'll hopefully remember to shoot a message to you! cheers

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

I would vote for this bike for BOTM. Enter it now!

x2

Love these bikes.

 

[joeyzaza]

Mint

I loved the old bridgestone bikes!!! I had a friend back then who had one with a HALSON INVERSION shock on it! Wicked cool.

Very sexy clean bike, I love those decals, those bikes were clean and well made.

 

[ez054098]

I keep looking on eBay, but they are never in my size (>20")

 

[klasse]

changed the wheels to a cleaner pair + new camera & darker backdrop

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

those are magazine quality pics

 

[klasse]

those are magazine quality pics

glad you like, thanks.

definitely an improvement on 2nd go