The chainstays on the T700 in years 1985 and 1987 were 42.5 cm long. That's what the catalogs say.
It sounds like you found a road frame with good tire clearance. Enjoy! On Aug 22, 2015, at 10:18 AM, James Warren wrote: > > I read somewhere that the "T" in RB-T stood for the word "triple." The RB-T > is a great bike, but not a full tourer. It's a lot like the Rambouillet but > with cantis. > > I don't know what the "T" in T700 stood for. > > -Jim W. > > > On Aug 22, 2015, at 10:06 AM, Jack B wrote: > >> Strange, I never noticed that the T700 has no eyelets on the later models. >> Looks like even the RB-T is lacking them! I'm guessing that 'touring' bikes >> were not fashionable in the late 80's, so B-stone could get away without >> adding these features. >> >> I might have some P-clamps in my parts bin, bought from Riv but never used, >> if you are interested. Or I would think you could buy one of the Sam forks >> that Riv has on their web specials page.... that would solve the problem up >> front at least. >> >> cheers, >> Jack >> >> >> On Saturday, August 22, 2015 at 9:42:34 AM UTC-7, Robert Bolesta wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> This morning on my commute into work (on my 1987 Bridgestone 450 I have set >> up as a city bike with Bosco bars), I found a T700 (sans crank and front >> wheel) at the curb. I'll have to post some images when I clean it up but my >> immediate reaction was, why are there not double eyelets at the rear >> dropouts, and why none midway down the fork for front racks? Why would >> Bridgestone have marketed a "touring" bike without these basic features? >> This is especially puzzling because the 1985 model of the same bike has >> them, as do the touring models of subsequent years. >> >> I just happened to be in the market for a used touring frame, so I'm elated >> that I found this, but it breaks my heart that it doesn't have those effing >> eyelets!!! >> >> Anyway, I'm excited to take a closer look while I'm cleaning it up tonight. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > James Warren > jimcwar...@earthlink.net > > - 700x33 > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. James Warren jimcwar...@earthlink.net - 700x33 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
