Bridgestone MB-6

The Bridgestone MB-6 was a low-priced full chrome-moly mountain bicycle in the MB range that Bridgestone Cycle sold in the United States. Bridgestone's 1992 catalogue calls it the company's most popular model, saying it had been the biggest seller the year before, perhaps because it was the only bike in its price range with top-mount shifters. The catalogue adds that it shares the geometry and ride of the most expensive models with only a fraction of the cost-saving tricks found on other bikes at its price, and that its one unhip point is the lack of toe clips and straps. It was offered in dark red or dark black. The mtb-timeline archive lists a 1989 MB-6 with SunTour XCM derailleurs, Lee Chi brakes and narrow 26 by 1.6 inch Ritchey tires, and Sheldon Brown's archive places it in the MB-1 to MB-6 mountain bike line.