Re: [CR] FUJI "Retro" road bike for 2009

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Ideale)

Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:46:55 -0400
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] FUJI "Retro" road bike for 2009
In-Reply-To: <c95.37698847.35e5a6d9@aol.com>


At 02:35 PM 26/08/2008 EDT, Stronglight49@aol.com wrote:
>Here is a photo of a NEW (2009 model) Fuji - List price set at $1,350 US.
>Nothing fancy about the components. But it has a CrMo LUGGED steel
>frameset...
>Set up with an 8-speed hub with down tube shifters, threaded headset and
>conventional stem.
>
>http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb300/ypvs/Connoisseur.jpg

I really have to commend Fuji on the quill stem. While the modern threadless kind may have some advantages, it also has just as many disadvantages, the most obvious one being ugliness. I really deplore so many of today's KOF builders using the threadless ones. They're so cheap and dirty and stick out like a sore thumb.

John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada