Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Bluesky Threads Trying to figure out what year and exact model my bike is… Faded decals say: Bridgestone Synergy. The number on the bottom is X021646 by Better-Algae-9751 Bicycle Bicycling Bike Biking Cycling Vintage Vintage Bicycles Vintage Bikes
lostarchitect on September 24, 2023 10:54 pm So. the “X” should be a fortnight indicator, which means December. then the “0” should be a year. In this case I’d suspect it means 1990.
NthdegreeSC on September 25, 2023 12:00 am 1991 RB-T produced in the Asahi factory, September 1990. https://www.sheldonbrown.com/bridgestone/1991/pages/bridgestone-1991-32.htm Thread on decoding Bridgestone serial numbers: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/1244714-bridgestone-serial-numbers-decoded.html Edit: and your stem is set above the maximum extension point. The SR stamping is visible on the quill and it shouldn’t be.
JasonIsFishing on September 25, 2023 12:05 am Why don’t people post the drive side?!?! I can easily narrow it down by components
pandemicblues on September 25, 2023 12:54 am Can confirm it is an RB-T. I got one for a girlfriend, long ago. That is a great bike. An early gravel bike
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Bridgestone Synergy
So. the “X” should be a fortnight indicator, which means December. then the “0” should be a year. In this case I’d suspect it means 1990.
1991 RB-T produced in the Asahi factory, September 1990.
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/bridgestone/1991/pages/bridgestone-1991-32.htm
Thread on decoding Bridgestone serial numbers:
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/1244714-bridgestone-serial-numbers-decoded.html
Edit: and your stem is set above the maximum extension point. The SR stamping is visible on the quill and it shouldn’t be.
Why don’t people post the drive side?!?! I can easily narrow it down by components
Can confirm it is an RB-T. I got one for a girlfriend, long ago. That is a great bike. An early gravel bike