Bridgestone RB-1 Upgrades

Spent this rainy weekend upgrading my RB-1...
A long time ago, even before I bought this RB-1, I bought these DiaCompe Royal Gran Compe brakes cause I though they looked super cool. Took off the stock RBS 400s? and put them on the RB-1 a while ago. Today I was considering slapping on a pair of 9-speed Dura Ace calipers...but, these brakes just look too good on my retro RB-1. At any rate, I read that DiaCompe also made these same brakes for Suntour...for their top of the line Superbe Pro line...

Felt bad about it, but the original Suntour GPX crankset and bottom bracket went into the trash today...the crank was totally buzzing with surface corrosion and the big chainring was bent cause it was waffling back and forth with each turn. Also got rid of the GPX front derailleur - keeping that for backup.

Ended up putting on my spare Dura Ace 9 speed front derailleur, crankset and old-school Time Equipe pedals.

Weight Savings:

Crankset: 690-595=95g
BB: 300-190=110g
Bolts: 40-0=40g
FD: 105-90=15g
TOTAL SAVED: 260g