Hey guys and girls,
I like where this thread is going! Although I am hardly impressed by the
Fuji: I've been riding a 68,5 cm (=27 inch) frame since I bought my racing
bike in '87.
It has been manufactured at the shop of 'Snel', a local bicycle shop in
Utrecht (The Netherlands) that was the go-to place for tall people at that
time.
To trace back to previous posts: It had a Cannondale handlebar bag attached
during my bicycle holidays in the 80's, which contains a hand-crafted
section to accommodate my OM-4 + extra lens. :)
Cheers,
Bart
On 27 November 2015 at 17:49, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> >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:
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> 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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