Joined: Jan 2009
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
Oh yeah, SunTour. I loved that Fuji stuck it to the man (Shimano) by avoiding their products wherever possible. I adored everything from the alternative brands, i.e.
SunTour derailleurs
Ukai rims
Sugino
DiaCompe brakes (OK, these weren't great)
Sanshin hubs, I think
SR stems and handlebars
At one point, this group of manufacturers called itself the JEX group, to fight off Shimano, I suppose, but they didn't succeed.
But I don't hate Shimano, really. Their stuff is good, too, especially nowadays.
I never used Soyo tubulars.
The first sealed bearing hub I ever saw came on the Fuji S-12S. I used it as a demonstration to customers of the kind of quality you'd get from Fuji.
I don't remember the brand clincher tires Fujis had. And were the pedals made by MKS?