adamdouze

Hi all,
A friend of mine just got an old Bridgestone. We're in the process of rebuilding it. I don't know much about Bridgestones. I thought maybe it was an '88 RB-4, but I don't know.
I think most of the components on it weren't the original, and in the last week we've replaced the BB and the headset. It didn't have wheels when I found it at a yard sale, so that won't be any help either.
The thing that stands out to me the most about it is that it has Bridgestone caliper brakes with a sort of long side-pull arm.

due ruote 

Here is Sheldon's link to the old Bridgestone catalogs. That's about all the help I can give, other than to say the '88 RB-4 didn't come in that color. And to me, the headbadge looks older than that.

LarryMelman

I have a 1988 RB-4, and yours isn't.

It's been awhile since I've looked at the old catalogs, but I believe all the RB series bikes were clearly labeled as such.

23skidoo

I recently sold what I believe was a 1971 Bridgestone--it was actually manufactured by the C. Itoh company of Japan who also sold the same frame models under their own name--that had a very similar headbadge, though obviously of an earlier incarnation. This could be one of the models that were sold by Sears, Roebuck rather than a local bike shop.

adamdouze

Yeah, I'd found Sheldon Brown's site. I noticed that the colors were different, but it was the closest I could find.

We can see on the top tube where the name of the bike was, but it's been rubbed off. I guess I'm hoping for a Bridgestone junky to pick up on the thread and totally know what it is.