Big Daddy J

Hi all...I'm hoping for some help with this Bridgestone Princess i just picked up. I'm looking to clean it up for my wife to ride but just want to be sure it's not of any value before I go polishing everything. I've searched the internet for hours and cannot find anything on a Bridgestone Princess. I'm thinking maybe it's a Japanese bike that wasn't sold in the US. Heck...I can't even find any pictures of the headbadge online! This one has the aluminum lugs connecting the steel frame poles. From what I can tell...it's all original. I put some air in the tires, lubed the chain and derailer and it rides pretty good.

beandk

It's an interesting bike and almost certainly was not exported to the US. It looks like a typical Japanese housewife's bike. (You should see them riding with an umbrella and a bunch of kids on board) Anyway, there's not much of a collector market in the US for these. My advice is to go ahead and clean it and make it ridable. It will probably be very solid and reliable and collect some interesting comments. I doubt there is much in the way of delicate or lightweight parts on it.