Responding to Garth Libre's following comments on Fuji:
" I couldn't afford anything Italian, so I bought a brand new Team Fuji, which really did look just as hip and to tell the truth was one hell of a cheap version of a high end bike. $500.00 bucks with a Suntour Superbe upgraded brakeset, and the rest was Sugino, Sanshin, Sunshine and Perfect, and Fuji's DB CMolly tubing, bought you a real roadbike ready for any impromptu race or a heated session at anyone of 1,000 local coffee hangouts..."
I'm also enamoured with Fuji's; I've an old Fuji Club that is pretty stiff & handles very well. The VaLite Quad-Butted tubing, (which I understand qualifies as 'Quad Butted' due to a thickened section at the mid-point of the top tube), seems to really work. I've stripped off the junky components & am building it back up with old Dura Ace/Shimano 600. I'll definitely look at any old Fuji that appears on my horizon...I think they'll attain some status one day.
Jim(but I'm not holding my breath) Hultman