A year ago I bought an 05 Fuji Absolute, then sold as a flat bar road bike, from Bicycle Spectrum. It had Forumula hubs and Alex 550 rims. Within 300 miles I broke a spoke, drive side rear. I replaced the spoke (the only silver one in the wheel), did my best to tension and true the wheels myself. Later I had a bike shop check it, so far so good with over 1000 miles on the wheels.
Fuji has been making bikes for longer than Ford has been making cars.
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