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So Sally left me.  Well she ran away with Glen– Although he did pay me for her, so I guess it’s not such a bad deal.  The nice part is that made room in the hallway for Shannon (bigger!):

Shannon is a Bridgestone RB2 which was designed by the legendary Grant Petersen of Rivendell Bikes and I gotta tell ya, that guy knows his stuff.  Even with both wheels badly needing truing and air it rode like a tightly spinning gyroscope all the way home from the loop.  The only concern I have is that the rear hub is pretty much shot and the front chainring seems a bit warped (I’m hoping it’s just the big chainring) but neither one of those should cost too much to resurrect this classic.

If you happen to dig it check out Sheldon Brown’s page on the old Bridgestones– there’s quite a bit about them that’s well ahead of it’s time and it makes for some interesting reading.

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