Anyone have one of those 22 1/2" Aces or Newests? What's the seattube ctc in cm? How about the standover? I'd like to pick up one (or a Finest) if I ever run across a good deal. I can usually go 56cm ctc, but not any larg er.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA
> From: joeb-z@comcast.net <joeb-z@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [CR] Classic FUJI Bicycle Identification Home
> To: jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net
> Cc: onetenth@earthlink.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, "Charles Nigh
bor" <cnighbor1@comcast.net>
> Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 3:22 PM
> That is true about the sizing of the Newest and Ace. Only 22
> 1/2" and 24" in the early years. Maybe the sizes
> complemented the 21, 23 and 25 sizes of the Finest? This is
> a nice website. So comprehensive on the basics and done with
> full copyright permissions and support from the present
> owners.
>
>
>
> Joe Bender-Zanoni
>
> Whitneyville, CT
>
>
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jerome & Elizabeth Moos"
> <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, "Charles
> Nighbor" <cnighbor1@comcast.net>
> Cc: onetenth@earthlink.net
> Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2009 10:47:50 AM GMT -05:00
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> Subject: Re: [CR] Classic FUJI Bicycle Identification Home
>
> Very useful. Note that if one is to believe the catalogs,
> the Ace was only available in 22 1/2" and 24" and
> the same was true of the Newest until 1976. That's
> certainly not my recollection, and seems a very strange
> strategy, especially for a Japanese manufacturer. Maybe
> they built these only for export to America and thought all
> Americans were tall. It doesn't say if it is ctc or
> ctt, but even 22 1/2 ctt seems too large to be the smallest
> size available. Anyone know if this is actually correct?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
>
>
> --- On Wed, 2/4/09, Charles Nighbor
> <cnighbor1@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > From: Charles Nighbor <cnighbor1@comcast.net>
> > Subject: [CR] Classic FUJI Bicycle Identification Home
>
> > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > Cc: onetenth@earthlink.net
> > Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 11:20 PM
> > Interesting web site on fuji bicycle
> > Not seller of course nothing being sold
> > Charles NighborWalnut creek, CA usa
> > http://www.classicfuji.com/
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