Road Cycling - How are Fuji bikes?

Looking for my first road bike in 20 years... Just turned 40 and I need to do something... exersise that is...

Any advise would be appreciated!

Thank you!

Gregg

Fuji is known for good value and good performance.

I own a Fuji Team. I bought the frame new off eBay and built it up at home. It is light and stiff, and I'm a satisfied owner. The Roubaix Pro with its 853 steel frame is another good model, and a good value.

Fujis are well respected bikes. This isn't some Johnny-come-lately Asian brand, either. They've been making top-flight road bikes since long before Specialized, Trek and Cannondale even began.

Yes, I third that emotion. I have not owned a Fuji, but my friends who own them love Fuji.

They seem like good bikes - good components, clean lines, precise manufacturing.

I would seriously look at Fuji if I were up for a new bike.

Fujis are well respected bikes. This isn't some Johnny-come-lately Asian brand, either. They've been making top-flight road bikes since long before Specialized, Trek and Cannondale even began

Well, not exactly.......
They are a brand that started in the early 1970's, shortly before Cannondale and Trek, but not by much.
Well-respected and top-flight? Not really. The older Fuji's were fair-to-middling touring bikes made exclusively for the US market, and were made in Japan. They were heavy, inexpensive, but well-built-like a Japanese Schwinn. The newer Fujis are essentially low-to-midrange chinese-built bikes, selling mostly on price, not on quality or technological advantages. You get what you pay for with a Fuji, but they will never be valuable or sought after.

Well, I have owned 2 Fuji's, and they have been fine bikes. My 1990 Roubaix (the last year of manufacture in Japan) continues to be a good ride, and is used daily by my son.
When they (like many other bike manufacturers) moved thier production to Taiwan, the quality of thier bikes suffered. But, to thier credit, they have worked very hard at improving the bikes.
My LBS carries Fuji bikes (as well as other brands of quality bikes) and several of the A riders, who could afford to ride about anything, choose Fuji.
In my opinion, they are a good value, and if I were in the market for a new bike, I would certainly consider a Fuji!

Originally posted by D*Alex
Well, not exactly.......
They are a brand that started in the early 1970's, shortly before Cannondale and Trek, but not by much.
Well-respected and top-flight? Not really. The older Fuji's were fair-to-middling touring bikes made exclusively for the US market, and were made in Japan. They were heavy, inexpensive, but well-built-like a Japanese Schwinn. The newer Fujis are essentially low-to-midrange chinese-built bikes, selling mostly on price, not on quality or technological advantages. You get what you pay for with a Fuji, but they will never be valuable or sought after.

1) According to Fuji's website, Fuji has been building bikes since the early 1900's - I believe that predates Trek, Specialized and many "sought after" european brands by a decade or four.

Here's their historical info. (http://www.fujibikes.com/about.asp)

2) chinese-built. . . mine was made in Taiwan. Chinese? I suppose, but most people associate chinese with mainland China, child labor and low quality.

3) Fuji never valuable or sought after. . . no, they don't carry the same snob appeal as a Colnago, Litespeed or Look, but if you want a 17 lb. bike for under $2,000 there aren't many other choices.

4) Fuji has supplied the bikes for Team Mercury for the last several years. Mercury has earn dozens of race victories aboard Fuji bikes, and was ranked in the top 10 in the world in 2001.

Remember, you can ride very fast on a $5,000 bicycle, but you can ride just as fast on a $1,500 bicycle.

I may be wrong, D*Alex, but I do remember reading about a line of top-end track bikes made [not just labelled] by Fuji for the Japanese track team at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics. Like I said, I may be wrong...

Originally posted by D*Alex


Well, not exactly.......
They are a brand that started in the early 1970's, shortly before Cannondale and Trek, but not by much.
Well-respected and top-flight? Not really. The older Fuji's were fair-to-middling touring bikes made exclusively for the US market, and were made in Japan. They were heavy, inexpensive, but well-built-like a Japanese Schwinn. The newer Fujis are essentially low-to-midrange chinese-built bikes, selling mostly on price, not on quality or technological advantages. You get what you pay for with a Fuji, but they will never be valuable or sought after.

Fuji Bikes started in 1899. The first company to use double butted tubing on price point models. The first to use 12 speed gearing on production bikes. The first to use 24/27 inch wheels for smaller rider's. The U.S. Mercury cycling team rides the 2.4 pound Fuji team frame. Copany is Japanese started by Nichibei Fuji.

Fuji is good bang for the buck.So is KHS and Jamis. One often gets more with underappreciated brands, and you don't have to pay for big advertizing budgets.

I recently purchased a Roubaix (AL frame) and so far so good. Very responsive and not as punishing as I thought it would be. I would rather have the Team, but on my budget the Roubaix was fine.

My pic is about 1/2mb in size....is there a way I can shrink it and post it here?

Let me try it.

Just once more

Hmmm...still can't resize other pics. Does anyone know how to resize using "Paint"?

Cadd: Image -> Strech / Skew will change the size, but not sure if you can save the image in a lower resolution to fit the 100K attachment limit.

Open the file in paint or internet explorer (paint in winxp) (internet explorer in 98) and then click file, save as, and change the file format to a .jpg. that should shrink it

Thx guys. I'll try to use the stretch/skew.

WorldIRC, the file is already in .jpg format.

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