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>From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Nov 27, 2015 8:51 AM
>To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [OM] Cannondale was Re: IMGS: Experimental Photos with Leica SL
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>> Earlier this year someone donated an aluminum Cannondale tandem
>>to our shop. We were very excited as this is a VERY expensive bike.
>>That excitement vapourised when we turned it around and found that it
>>had been hit by a car, the large diameter diagonal tube crushed to
>>half its diameter. We dismantled it, putting the parts up for sale
>>in a display case, then hung the frame on a wall with all of the
>>other destroyed frames.
>
>Mine is from around 1990, when they still over-built them and hadn't
>gone public yet. Nor had they tried to go motorcross yet either. It
>was during that transitional period that the bikes changed a bit. One
>of the big changes is the length of the cockpit. The earlier ones had
>longer wheelbases and longer top-tubes. For someone my size (6' 4") it
>makes for a nicer riding experience when you knees are banging into
>your arms or handlebars.
>
Since you're THAT tall, you might be interested in this Fuji Sports 12:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Fuji-Sports-12-Steel-Frame-Touring-Bicycle-Road-Bike-nv-60-/121645949377?hash=item1c52a9e1c1:g:WIEAAOSwqu9VTS1x
I came across it while cruising evilBay for Fuji frames. Not that I'm
overly interested in non-French bikes, but I recently did a frame transplant on
an early 80s Fuji Royale that rode beatifully but was terribly scratched up. I
was considering having the frame stripped and powder coated, but that would
have been costly plus the decals are not available. So, I instead found a 1979
frameset on evilBay for less than $100 and simply transferred all of the parts
and donated the old frame to the shop, which is where it came from three years
ago. It was immediately grabbed by a regular customer who had been gathering
parts in anticipation of finding a frame that size, and he should have it
completed next week.
The Fuji Royale rides exceptionally well, feeling like a 23-lb bike while
weighing in at 28-lb. I thought it might have been the wheels, but when I
tried them on a 28-lb Miyata 310 it still rode like a 28-lb bike. We think it
might be the stiffness of the alloy in the Fuji frame. Since the Fuji rides so
well, I'm sorely tempted to build up anther one. It rides as well as my two
1984 Motobecanes, a Grand Jubile and a Super Mirage. Those are my lightest
bikes, being just under 23-lb.
Chris the Moto(bécane)maniac
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