Has anyone heard of the Fuji Opus?
03-11-06, 03:04 AM
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Has anyone heard of the Fuji Opus?
Hi everyone. I've been following the forums for awhile, but this is my first post. Down to business: I've been riding around on a Motobecane Mirage for about a year. I've recently decided to purchase a new old bike; I recently spotted a Fuji Opus IV (1992) that I'm interested in buying. However, I've never heard of the Opus nor have I been able to find anything about it here or via Google. Being as how it's the Opus IV, I figure someone here must have heard of it or at least one of its past iterations. Any info would be a great help. Thanks.
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I'm pretty sure my brother had (may still have) a Fuji Opus which he used on a tour from Virginia to Alaska via the trans-canadian Hwy. This would have ben about 1981 or so. I'll shoot him an email and ask if that's the model he rode.
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Hey bunabayashi, thanks; I'd really appreciate any info you could dig up. I neglected to mention that the Opus came stock with a nearly completely Shimano 600 groupo. So...I guess it's got to be a halfway decent bike.
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Ok, just heard back from my bro, he's not sure it's an opus or not, it's in storage so he's going to check next time he's in Fairbanks. It was a halfway decent bike in its day, I recall that much, and any bike which makes it from Virginia to Alaska can't be total crap. 
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It turns out the old bike is a Fuji S12s, not the Opus. Sorry I couldn't help you out (but I now have a frame for a fixie!)
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The Opus was Fuji's competition model on the early 1980s. Around 1983 (Opus III) had quad-butted. CrMo frames with SunTour Superbe derailleurs, Sugino Super Mighty Compe cranksets and a tubular wheelset. I'm not familiar with the Opus IV, but Shimano 600 would indicate it was downgraded to a mid-range model. Which 600 group is it? Arabesque, New 600EX (friction) or one of the indexed groups? If it's 1992, it should be 600 Ultegra, 8 speed and possibly with STI.
