Originally Posted by
no67el
Beautiful bike! How long is the top tube? If it's "square" then too rangy for me..... but a lot of these early bikes had shorter top tube lengths relative to seat tube length in the larger sizes, I find.... which might be perfect. (Like I need another bike...)
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Pretty square, I'm afraid! I measure:
top tube 58 cm c-c
seat tube 58 cm c-c
standover 87 cm
The Finest uses what appears to be the same lugs, but the angles are a little different. Anyway, the Finest had a proportionately shorter top tube, compounded by the slacker seat tube angle. With the build you describe, you might want to look for a 23" Finest (like the one I just sold).
The Finest came in sizes in odd numbers of inches (21", 23" and 25"), but the Ace came in the even inch sizes.
Someone asked why I'm selling. Well my observations add up to the same thing: I have to many bikes. Specifically I have three or four bikes set up as Randonneurs, with dynamo lights, fenders, rack for a front bag.. three of those are low trail, one is a fixie. All have fatter tires than the Fujis-- two take 650 x 38b easily, 42b a little close; one takes 650 x 48b and could fit larger; one has 26 x 2.3 RTP tires. I've ridden those bikes as lot .. and the Fujis have barely been out of the shed in two years. I can't justify it.