Hi John, Stephen.
What I meant was, notice the bar-end shifters in the catalog pictures, just to match them up. I didn't mean to imply that fuji didn't ever use them until later. Sorry if i was confusing about that.
On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Stephen James <sj52@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > I have to confess that I thought it a bit unusual that a bicycle that
> bears a "racing" decal on the fork blades would have bar end shifters, but
> as far as I can tell, they seem to be original.
> >
> > I know that bar end shifters have been around since at least the 1950's,
> based on Campagnolo catalogs, but I have no idea how far back SunTour
> started making them. Might someone know? Am I incorrect in presuming my
> Fuji's bar end shifters are original equipment (not that I'm going to change
> them out if they weren't, but I am curious)?
>
> If I'm not totally mistaken, the bar end shifters were standard on the Fuji
> "racing" models of 1971-2. I believe you would have the model with the Ukai
> foam-filled rims and Soyo tires. I had/have the midnight blue over chrome
> model; and it also came in white over chrome. I raced that bicycle as it
> was for several years until a crash --not due to the bar-end shifters, but
> the Fuji was the only bike that had them while I ws active.
>
> regards,
> Steve James
> Bronx, New York, USA
>
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