Fuji Cambridge VI..help?
07-26-17, 02:09 PM
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Fuji Cambridge VI..help?
I recently got this bike off of craigslist for $40. Just needed a nice bike to get around my campus without spending a whole bunch. Anyway, it needs new tires and tubes and probably brake pads. I have no idea where to find the info on anything related to it. Please help! Thanks!
I have about a month before my classes start back up again, so any other tips would be great!
I have about a month before my classes start back up again, so any other tips would be great!
07-26-17, 02:29 PM
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Catalogs are here. Are you looking for advice on tune up and repair or just figuring out its roots?
07-26-17, 06:12 PM
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Nice little bikes. I sold a few in the '80s. They came with the rack and baskets, the stay-mount kickstand and the Sanyo bottom bracket mount generator. Very well thought out machine for the time and failed to take the U.S. market by storm.
There's nothing unusual about the bike's construction or the parts on it. You should be able to find what you need at any bike shop.
There's nothing unusual about the bike's construction or the parts on it. You should be able to find what you need at any bike shop.
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Im gonna check out the catalog and go from there.
07-27-17, 06:01 AM
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Step 1: Find a co-op. They will have the tools, parts, and volunteer mechanics to assist you in the process.
Step 2: Focus on basic maintenance: grease, bearings, tires, cables, housing, chain, freewheel, brake pads. Upgrade later.
Step 3: Once you are at college, secure your bike well. My first college bike lasted one week..... There were several hundred bikes stolen that weekend as newbie students like myself didn't do an adequate job securing their bikes. It was easy pickings.....
Step 2: Focus on basic maintenance: grease, bearings, tires, cables, housing, chain, freewheel, brake pads. Upgrade later.
Step 3: Once you are at college, secure your bike well. My first college bike lasted one week..... There were several hundred bikes stolen that weekend as newbie students like myself didn't do an adequate job securing their bikes. It was easy pickings.....
07-27-17, 07:48 PM
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I know. This is bike #2 for me. Bike #1 was a Walmart Schwinn (not the best, but still put me out $200). It lasted a month and a half 
I invested in one of the two-part u locks (has the u-lock and also a tether to put around the other tire and connect it all back). Fingers crossed!
I invested in one of the two-part u locks (has the u-lock and also a tether to put around the other tire and connect it all back). Fingers crossed!
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I had one of these pass through House Twolve before. As Thumpism said, it was a well-thought out bike, nothing super special, but a very practical and underrated rider.
07-28-17, 04:52 AM
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At the same time they also produced the Cambridge III, with steel rims and a Sturmey-Archer 3-speed rear hub. Pretty much identical otherwise (different colors, maybe).
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Just got one
I got one from my neighbor. Mine has drop bars with single lever dia compe brake levers, no rack or basket, but does include top banana bar and bottom bracket mounted Sanyo headlight generator.
It has a suntour 7 rear derailleur. Were these actually made for 7 speed wheels? My new bike had no wheels. I re-laced a tacod furmula hub'd, 8 speed wheel with a mavic rim. (The owner of the rim was to particular. The rim already has a sticker saying relaced by Carla at Recycled Bikes Berkeley)
It has a suntour 7 rear derailleur. Were these actually made for 7 speed wheels? My new bike had no wheels. I re-laced a tacod furmula hub'd, 8 speed wheel with a mavic rim. (The owner of the rim was to particular. The rim already has a sticker saying relaced by Carla at Recycled Bikes Berkeley)
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11-24-19, 08:43 PM
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Cambridge VI was a derailleur six speed, Cambridge III was a IGH three speed.
SunTour 7 was just the name of an early SunTour rear derailleur, probably from the 5-speed freewheel days.
SunTour 7 was just the name of an early SunTour rear derailleur, probably from the 5-speed freewheel days.
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