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

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Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:10:04 -0400
From: Longleaf Bicycles <longleafbicycles@gmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Re: FUJI "Retro" road bike for 2009

I'm constantly looking (mostly in vain) for non-dumb production bikes to put in my shop. The Fuji looked promising at first. The straight fork blades are mis-placed, but don't kill the deal. However, the stock 23mm tires and what looks like room for nothing more than a 25 put the bike squarely in the dumb category. A bike that won't be used for racing that can only take 25mm tires is very badly designed. Too bad, straight forks blades and all its still a looker when compared to current production bikes. (A low bar, admittedly, but the Fuji clears it with room to spare). Still, to me this is just another bad road bike that happens to be prettier than most of the other bad road bikes currently being produced.

Anthony King

Longleaf Bicycles
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