Originally Posted by
bigbossman
Meh.
You can pick up a very nice vintage Columbus tubed Italian for that kind of dough (and most probably less) - and the Fuji components are nothing special.
Hell - I've only got about $750 into my fully restored Swiss Mondia, and it is 531 steel with Suntour Superbe/Campy components and hand-built wheels. The Palo Alto, about $1000-$1100 to build, and the NOS Cinelli with 9 speed Record DT shifting I bought this year was only about $150 more than the list price of the Fuji.
Nice idea, but don't be surprised if they go the way of the Dodo fairly soon.
+1
'89 Pinarello Montello, mint OEM $801.
'85 Cinelli Equipe (Centurion import) exc cond OEM $356
and I still have money left over for beer, LP's, maybe even food or the electric bill.
Pretty Fuji, and I think they'll sell a few.
I'd like to build one like that and see how close I could come and what the price would be.