Re: [CR]Early 70s Fuji Frame Material

(Example: Framebuilders:Mario Confente)

Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 22:44:14 -0400
From: "Joe Bender-Zanoni" <joebz@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Early 70s Fuji Frame Material
To: Joe Bender-Zanoni <joebz@optonline.net>, Forbes Bagatelle-Black <diarmaede@yahoo.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <20050620211305.56474.qmail@web32805.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <001001c575fb$7c6a27a0$6400a8c0@jfbender>


I forgot to say that the "Special Road Racer" was the S-10-S. Forgot to connect the dots!

Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ


----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Bender-Zanoni
To: Forbes Bagatelle-Black


<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 8:52 PM Subject: Re: [CR]Early 70s Fuji Frame Material


> The Fuji S-10-S was straight guage carbon steel tubing. The double butted
> tubing migrated down the line over the years. An S-12-S LTD had cromoly main
> tubes for example.
>
> Joe Bender-Zanoni
> Great Notch, NJ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Forbes Bagatelle-Black" <diarmaede@yahoo.com>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 5:13 PM
> Subject: [CR]Early 70s Fuji Frame Material
>
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I've searched high and low, but I cannot find anything
> > which tells me the frame material on a Fuji Special
> > Road Racer (ss #F8H08302). I think this was a
> > pre-Valite model, and I suspect it was made from high
> > tensile. Could it have been cro-moly?
> >
> > Any information on this bike and other lugged Fujis
> > would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Forbes Bagatelle-Black
> > Santa Clarita, CA
> >
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