All have hit the nail on the head in saying this bike isn't a Fuso Lux. The Lux model had the chrome on the chainstay and I believe Dave said three coats of clear. It still should be a most excellent rider. It does appear to have seen the salt air as many of the parts show rust.
Mark Poore loving his Fuso Lux in Slatyfork, WV USA
Paul Haussler <paulhaussler@earthlink.net> wrote: Dug Van Cleve is correct - that is not a Fuso Luxe. I own one, built in 1992, one of the last Fuso Luxes made.
The Fuso Luxe has chrome on the right chainstay, dropouts, and the braze-on for the front derailleur. The fork crown is very slim without pantographing. It is actually quite elegant. Mine is a 57 cm (c-t) frame with a 56 cm top tube, 73 degree head tube, and 72 degree seat tube. It shows the wear of many centuries and doubles. Still, I receive complements about the bike frequently. Sorry, I don't have a photo.
All Fusos ride about the same. The Luxe had more cosmetic details being the signature frame, but all models were built with excellence in mind. Dave Moulton knew his craft.
Paul Haussler, Huntington Beach, CA
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 20:45:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Don Wilson To: Classic Rendezvous Subject: [CR]Is Ebay Fuso a Fuso, or an FRX or a LUX? Message-ID: <20060728034559.94476.qmail@web52512.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: list Message: 5
Can any eagle eyes tell from the photos, which aren't
great?
http://ebay.com/
Don Wilson Los Olivos, CA USA
D.C. Wilson dcwilson3@yahoo.com
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