My Ride

I picked up a Bridgestone Spica on craigslist recently. I think its from the early 80's though I haven't found much info about it on the web. Its just my size and feels great. I plan to build it as a randonneur with some lightweight racks. New additions to it so far are a Nitto technomic stem and noodle bar with a custom criss-cross wrap job that took me way too long to figure out, but I like the way it looks. New wheelset is soon to come.


I found out that the name "Spica" is the name of a star. Bridgestone also made another bike called a "Sirius".

Neccesity is the mother of invention. Here is the bar wrap. I didn't intend to do this but the tape I bought didn't cover the bar. I decided to salvage some of the old tape (in red) and criss cross it with the newer white. I probably spent a good hour wrapping and unwrapping until I figured out pattern. Then I finished it off with sisal twine (which comes from the agave leaf); corked the ends with wine corks and then shellaced the tape and all.