How would he learn what vintage the bike frame is?

On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 9:01 AM, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Which year MB-2? My guess is that 1989 through 1994 would make it worth it.
> I love how the Bridgestones of that era ride. MB-2's in those years have the
> most evolved Bridgestone MB geometry. Also, those years had tubing that was
> either Ishiwata or Ritchey Logic Prestige with the Ritchey being the tubing
> from 1990 through 1993. On the frames with Logic Prestige, the rear
> triangles were Ritchey Logic, non-prestige.
>
> -Jim W.
>
>
> On Mar 1, 2015, at 8:19 AM, Anne Paulson wrote:
>
> My best friend is incredibly cheap, and has a fondness for rescuing
> bikes from the trash. Last time we went on an overnight, he showed up
> with a dumpster bike with a chain that seemed entirely made of rust,
> and a freewheel that no longer freewheeled so he was riding a fixie,
> not that great for dirt uphills and downhills. However, he's a good
> rider and a brilliant mechanic, so he made the dumpster bike work.
>
> Now he has Dumpster II. Friday he called and said he'd found this bike
> and patched it up-- a Bridgestone MB-2. Hey, said me, that's a good
> frame! We were supposed to do another overnight this weekend but it
> was raining and I'm sick, so we postponed until next weekend. Good
> thing, because he discovered yesterday on a ride that Dumpster II has
> a broken chainstay. This did not prevent my friend from riding it up
> to Skyline and down again, because he is crazy.
>
> So, how hard would it be for my friend to replace the chainstay
> himself, and would it be worth it to pay to have the chainstay
> replaced?
>
> --
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>
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