Those tubular rims would have most likely been UKAIs. Lace to Sansin (Suns hine) Pro-Am hubs if you want to follow the rest of the bike's original the me and build with the best that non-Shimano Japan had to offer.
Pictures when you're through please. :)
John Barry Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
--- On Fri, 11/21/08, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> wro
te:
> From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [CR]1976 Fuji Catalog on Bulgier site
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, rocketman_531@msn.com, ktk1_7_0_2_8@y
ahoo.com
> Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 4:48 PM
> If you check the last page in the catalog, it gives the
> Newest specs: Su
> ntour V, ratcheted SunTour DT shifters, DiaCompe Grand
> Compe brakes, Sugino
> Mightly Comp cranks, Sunshine Pro-Am hubs, Nitto bars and
> stem, MKS road p
> edals. All the best non-Shimano Japanese components. In
> other years t
> he component models may have changed, perhaps to Suntour
> Cyclone or Superbe
> , but the component manufacturers would have remained
> pretty much the same.
> Odd thing is they list the Newest in only 22 1/2 inches
> and 24 inches.
> I don't think that was correct, at least not for
> long. I thought the
> Newest was available in a typical range of sizes. Note
> that the Newest
> was definitely a racing bike, while the better known Finest
> was more of a S
> port bike which was suitable for light touring, although it
> could be raced
> and I'm sure a few were. Both these models, however,
> came with tubular t
> ires. The Ace was perhaps a more glamorous model, as
> Shimano was the fir
> st
> Japanese manufacturer to make a mark in the European
> peleton, in large par
> t thanks to the Freddy Maertens, Michael Pollentier and the
> Flandria team.
> Indeed, I don't think Sun Tour ever did really
> establish themselves at
> the top level of European racing, although their stuff was
> more than good e
> nough to do so. I think SunTour, like many of the French
> components used
> on constructeur and lesser touring bikes, is another
> example of the best s
> tuff not necessarily appearing in the peleton.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, Texas, USA
>
>
>
> --- On Fri, 11/21/08, Kevin Kruger
> <ktk1_7_0_2_8@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> From: Kevin Kruger <ktk1_7_0_2_8@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [CR]1976 Fuji Catalog on Bulgier site
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, rocketman_531@msn.com
> Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 2:30 PM
>
> Here's the address for the 1976 Fuji Newest catalog
> page found on Mark Bulg
> ier's great catalog site:
>
> http://bulgier.net/
>
> Fuji line included Sugino, SunTour, Sunshine, Nitto, and
> Dia-Compe from top
> to bottom, except for the Ace which used Dura Ace stuff.
>
> Part of me always wanted to own a Fuji Newest since I
> worked at a shop in t
> he mid 70s that carried the line. That's when I owned
> and rode a Teledyn
> e Titan.
>
> Hope this helps!
> Kevin Kruger - Grantville, PA (back from a 25 mile ride in
> the cold and sno
> w!)