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Picked up a Fuji Palisade yesterday

Old 09-21-08, 06:11 AM
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Picked up a Fuji Palisade yesterday

Picked up this Fuji Palisade yesterday off CL. Ishiwata Feather Si 35 tubing. Shimano Exage everything: Motion front, Action rear der, Motion brakes and crank. Couldnt find much info on the Palisade. I did find quite a bit on the tubing though. this bike looks nice but it's not feather light!

Serial # F9034635. Photos of the bike as is.
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Awesome find. Are you stem and bars all Nitto stuff? Mine were.

I once bought a Palisade from a thrift store for $80: it was brand new, still have the original sales tag on it (with the original price). I regrettably sold it when I was in a pinch. Here's a photo of mine, after I modified it for barcon (from stem) shifting and dumped the nasty foam "grips."

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From the references in the first post of my Fuji Serial Number database thread:

https://www.equusbicycle.com/bike/fuji/fujipage.htm
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Originally Posted by bonechiller
Awesome find. Are you stem and bars all Nitto stuff? Mine were.

I once bought a Palisade from a thrift store for $80: it was brand new, still have the original sales tag on it (with the original price). I regrettably sold it when I was in a pinch. Here's a photo of mine, after I modified it for barcon (from stem) shifting and dumped the nasty foam "grips."

Thanks bonechiller - 80.00 for brand new is awesome! The bars are Hsinlung.

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From the references in the first post of my Fuji Serial Number database thread:

https://www.equusbicycle.com/bike/fuji/fujipage.htm
Thanks for the link T-Mar. Somehow that didnt come up in my search
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Originally Posted by deburn
Picked up this Fuji Palisade yesterday off CL. Ishiwata Feather Si 35 tubing. Shimano Exage everything: Motion front, Action rear der, Motion brakes and crank. Couldnt find much info on the Palisade. I did find quite a bit on the tubing though. this bike looks nice but it's not feather light.


I bought a Fuji 'Palisade' at a yard sale for $35 back in 2000. Mine was a dead ringer of yours, including the paint. Had 27" 'Araya' aluminum rims with Shimano 'Exage' components. Also had 6-speed 'Indexed' shifters. Man I loved that bike. I put 1600 miles on it in six months, and it was that bike that really got me into cycling. I never weighed the bike, but to guesstimate I'd say it was at least 25 lbs.

I'm still kickin' myself in the ass for getting rid of it. It would've made a great commuter bike. The 'Palisade' is not top of the line, but its still a good bike, so you done well.

Ride that Fuji and give it everything it deserves.

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That's a lot of riding in 6 months! Mine has Araya 27" too. Your guess is good - it's 27 lbs according to the brochure from T-Mar's link above. People seem to have such high opinions about Ishiwata tubing so I hope I can keep it. havent ridden it yet because the seller forgot or lost the front quick release - but it looks to be about 2 inches more than my size - we'll see...did you have fenders on yours?


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I bought a Fuji 'Palisade' at a yard sale for $35 back in 2000. Mine was a dead ringer of yours, including the paint. Had 27" 'Araya' aluminum rims with Shimano 'Exage' components. Also had 6-speed 'Indexed' shifters. Man I loved that bike. I put 1600 miles on it in six months, and it was that bike that really got me into cycling. I never weighed the bike, but to guesstimate I'd say it was at least 25 lbs.

I'm still kickin' myself in the ass for getting rid of it. It would've made a great commuter bike. The 'Palisade' is not top of the line, but its still a good bike, so you done well.

Ride that Fuji and give it everything it deserves.
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Originally Posted by deburn
That's a lot of riding in 6 months! Mine has Araya 27" too. Your guess is good - it's 27 lbs according to the brochure from T-Mar's link above. People seem to have such high opinions about Ishiwata tubing so I hope I can keep it. havent ridden it yet because the seller forgot or lost the front quick release - but it looks to be about 2 inches more than my size - we'll see...did you have fenders on yours?


No,...no fenders on that bike, but it did have frame eyelets for racks. It was a decent bike and I rode the hell out of it, making some of the longest rides I'd ever been on at that time. Like Everything I ever heard about Ishiwata tubing was all good, so no worries there. Gave the bike to my son and we made a 64 mile trip to my mom's with him riding it and it done great.
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have almost the exact same bike (cream white, teal accents , all origional parts including vetta seat and suntour hardware but alas had to put replacement bar on it
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I think I got your bike, bonechiller
the seat and tires have been replaced, but there's no mistaking that bar tape and those lavender hood covers.

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Originally Posted by shadoman
I think I got your bike, bonechiller
the seat and tires have been replaced, but there's no mistaking that bar tape and those lavender hood covers.

Wow, what are the chances.!
Yikes
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Originally Posted by OTS
Wow, what are the chances.!
Yikes
I really hope I can find him.
His original post sounds like he was sad to part with it.
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lol yup. Looks like you’re in St. Louis or the surrounding area, yes? I sold it to a young woman whose name I forget, but she was dating my roommate at the time, I think. It has been like 13 years or something. How’d you come to get it?

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I think I got your bike, bonechiller
the seat and tires have been replaced, but there's no mistaking that bar tape and those lavender hood covers.

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Originally Posted by bonechiller
lol yup. Looks like you’re in St. Louis or the surrounding area, yes? I sold it to a young woman whose name I forget, but she was dating my roommate at the time, I think. It has been like 13 years or something. How’d you come to get it?
A flipper friend of mine got it off your ex roommate, I think.
You want her back?
I will GIVE her back to you as a present.
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Originally Posted by shadoman
A flipper friend of mine got it off your ex roommate, I think.
You want her back?
I will GIVE her back to you as a present
Nice

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Well, Mr Bonechiller didn't take me up on my offer, so I decided to make the Pali a bit more rideable for me.
Swapped the cockpit for a more comfy Sakae Road Champ
Dropped the 5lb saddle for an old Vetta
Installed downtube Suntour Power Shifters
Ditched the dimestore pedals for some Wellgo's
Biggest change: got rid of those heavy455 1-1/4 UKAI's for some tasty 36hole 13mm Matrix Stradas laced to Maillard Helicomatic hubs
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