Brian,
No worries. I thought that perhaps you knew something I didn't. I find that happens quite a bit. :)
Cheers,
John Barry
Mechanicsburg, PA
> From: brian daniel <morkjr@gmail.com>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR]Fuji Catalog Info On the Site
\r?\n> To: "Stephen James" <sj52@hotmail.com>
\r?\n> Cc: usazorro@yahoo.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Friday, August 8, 2008, 6:55 PM
\r?\n> Hi John, Stephen.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> What I meant was, notice the bar-end shifters in the
\r?\n> catalog pictures, just
\r?\n> to match them up.
\r?\n> I didn't mean to imply that fuji didn't ever use
\r?\n> them until later. Sorry if
\r?\n> i was confusing about that.
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Stephen James
\r?\n> <sj52@hotmail.com> wrote:
\r?\n>
\r?\n> > Hi,
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > > I have to confess that I thought it a bit unusual
\r?\n> that a bicycle that
\r?\n> > bears a "racing" decal on the fork blades
\r?\n> would have bar end shifters, but
\r?\n> > as far as I can tell, they seem to be original.
\r?\n> > >
\r?\n> > > I know that bar end shifters have been around
\r?\n> since at least the 1950's,
\r?\n> > based on Campagnolo catalogs, but I have no idea how
\r?\n> far back SunTour
\r?\n> > started making them. Might someone know? Am I
\r?\n> incorrect in presuming my
\r?\n> > Fuji's bar end shifters are original equipment
\r?\n> (not that I'm going to change
\r?\n> > them out if they weren't, but I am curious)?
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > If I'm not totally mistaken, the bar end shifters
\r?\n> were standard on the Fuji
\r?\n> > "racing" models of 1971-2. I believe you
\r?\n> would have the model with the Ukai
\r?\n> > foam-filled rims and Soyo tires. I had/have the
\r?\n> midnight blue over chrome
\r?\n> > model; and it also came in white over chrome. I raced
\r?\n> that bicycle as it
\r?\n> > was for several years until a crash --not due to the
\r?\n> bar-end shifters, but
\r?\n> > the Fuji was the only bike that had them while I ws
\r?\n> active.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > regards,
\r?\n> > Steve James
\r?\n> > Bronx, New York, USA
\r?\n> >
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