Originally Posted by shokhead
... i remember a couple of guys taking water and one looked and said,they still make Fuji's? I said,sure,its an 03. He said oh yea,no downtube shifters,nice. I just figured he was an ass and passed them after a few miles but they were talking more then riding.
I think you're reading more into this than you should. Fuji's don't have great distribution in the U.S. At least I don't see any Fuji's at the bike shops in the Bay Area that I go into. A Fuji Royale was my first "serious" bike back in the late 70's and they were pretty popular. I wouldn't be surprised if they stopped being imported into U.S. for a few years. I could easily imagine someone thinking that Fuji stopped making bikes and making that comment. Doesn't mean he's an ass.