Re: [CR] In the beginning...Japanese road bikes in the US.

Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:14:55 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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Subject: Re: [CR] In the beginning...Japanese road bikes in the US.

On 01/16/2011 05:50 AM, Harvey Sachs wrote:
> About the same time, we saw the first few Fuji Finest and Newest at
> rallies, and they really looked like great values. But I never bought
> one.

My first college room mate in 1973 had a Fuji Finest; it was the first truly light weight bike (sew-ups, butted frame, aluminum components) I ever rode. Prior to that I had been riding my Dad's old Robin Hood 3-speed. The "Finest" is the bike that sold me on high quality bicycles.

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA