Bridgestone RB1- Cyclocross worthy?

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Originally posted by Bilphma
I have an old 93' Bridgestone RB1 built up with Shimano road
stuff. Can I convert this roadbike into a cyclocrosser? If
so, what do I need besides tires? TIA.

Mike

Hell yeah, give it a go. You may have some problems with clearance with tires. Probably would a cross fork, other than a road fork, to get the tire clearance you need. The rear brake bridge may have clearance probs as well. Maybe someone else with experience converting a road bike to cross can speak for the clearance issues if this is even worth it to you. Worst case scenario, if you really have to do it is to get a framebuilder to take off the brake bridge and re-braze for clearance and add on some canti posts.

After that part, which is probably your most serious issue, get some Canti brakes. And those adapter things to mount them. A company called Paul makes some good ones.

Do it, I agree with BaCardi. Also, bstone used more
clearence on cahinstays and fork so you could use wider
tires. ait would also make a great racing bike.

Andres

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Quoted message said:

Bilphma said:

I have an old 93' Bridgestone RB1 built up with
Shimano road stuff. Can I convert this roadbike into a
cyclocrosser? If so, what do I need besides tires?
TIA. Mike

Hell yeah, give it a go. You may have some problems with
clearance with tires. Probably would a cross fork, other
than a road fork, to get the tire clearance you need.
The rear brake bridge may have clearance probs as well.
Maybe someone else with experience converting a road
bike to cross can speak for the clearance issues if this
is even worth it to you. Worst case scenario, if you
really have to do it is to get a framebuilder to take
off the brake bridge and re-braze for clearance and add
on some canti posts.

After that part, which is probably your most serious
issue, get some Canti brakes. And those adapter things to
mount them. A company called Paul makes some good ones.

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On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 04:51:47 GMT, "Bilphma" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I have an old 93' Bridgestone RB1 built up with Shimano
road stuff. Can I convert this roadbike into a
cyclocrosser? If so, what do I need besides tires? TIA.

Mike

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Recommend you ride a few trails first. I did two endos in
ten minutes hitting 4" soft dirt rises that my other road
bikes would roll right thru. It's easy to experiment to see
how your RB1 is going to handle.

Bruce Ball

Bilphma said:

I have an old 93' Bridgestone RB1 built up with Shimano
road stuff. Can I convert this roadbike into a
cyclocrosser? If so, what do I need besides tires? TIA.

Well, it's a road bike and less than ideal for 'cross.
However, I raced 5 seasons of 'cross on an old Raleigh Super
Course- all I did was put on some 700 x 28 knobbies and
raise the bars a bit. You could probably do much the same
with the RB-1. Or, if the RB-1 is in good shape, you could
sell it and buy a 'cross bike.