Re: [CR]27" (seatpost) Fuji tourer on eBay

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Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 01:05:43 -0400
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Jeff Slotkin" <jeffslotkin@home.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]27" (seatpost) Fuji tourer on eBay
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At 10:58 AM 9/5/2001 -0700, Diane Feldman wrote:
>Fuji and other manufacturers built bikes with 27" FRAMES during the 70's and
>early 80's. These usually weren't top of the line machines and were almost
>never bought by riders who needed that much seat tube but they made a
>non-custom cycle available for truly tall folks. It seems that riders over
>about 6'4" are totally screwed these days especially in the mountain bike
>area with road cycles topping out at around 62cm and mountain @ 55.
>Apologies for non-vintage content

These are neat in their way, and I overhauled one just like this for my 6'5'' brother/anomaly a few years back. IIRC, the top tube was fairly short, and I rode his, comfortably, with the seat all the way down, even though I'm 5'9''.