ScottRyder 

The Fuji Professional Super Record ..Perhaps the rarest of Fuji models, I know of two of them and Beech owns one. The other has never been built up and is sitting in a box waiting ... just waiting.

Scott

beech333

Professional Super Record

beech333

Green with envy.

ScottRyder 

What color goes with frustration?

Scott

beech333

Celeste.

khatfull

No fair you two playing the Professional card. It will be a cold day in Hades before one would come my way...

ScottRyder 

I had a bunch of them come thru and was going to drop you a line. Then I remembered you only like post 86 Fuji's ... oh well.

Seriously, I love challenges so don't get rid of your warm clothing for that cold day.

Scott

guyneedsabike

Hah, yes it is the one on CL in SF. How did you know?

I've emailed the guy 3 times now. Too bad he didn't post his phone number...

beech333

I search nationally.

beech333

You need some networking, unless you live in New England, where Pros practically grow on trees(relative to anywhere else). Of all of the 15 or so Pros/DS that I have seen, all of them came out of that area except one DS that was bought in FL..

khatfull

Don't get me wrong...I see and admire the great beauty in the older models too. But, I do also like the later models and given their price points relative to what you and beech go for. I get my practice with these models, perfecting my technique for when that super bike comes along.

Hey, give me a little bit...I've just started to get over the switch to downtube shifters...pretty soon I might not mind non-aero brake levers!

Hey, I try....and it starts here right? Minnesota is a long way from NE although I'm a NY-born boy....does that gain me any standing?

ScottRyder 

"Hey, I try....and it starts here right? Minnesota is a long way from NE although I'm a NY-born boy....does that gain me any standing?"

Depends on who your favorite baseball team is .. the Yanks or Twins?

Scott

guyneedsabike

Did any of you guys get this bike? I still haven't even heard from the seller

khatfull

Oh now THAT'S a low, low blow. Make a guy make that choice. Dayum, the price in personal integrity to get into the ScottRyder/beech333 Fuji club is very steep indeed. Very steep.

beech333

I never contacted him. I wasn't interested myself, but I looked at the CL listing anyway.

khatfull

Collin has tried both times it's been listed and never heard a peep either.

ScottRyder 

Just say Mets, it will open the door to New England ..

Scott

OzarkKing

At my first major league baseball game in memory (Go Cards!), I saw a sign which read, "Muck the Fets" and asked my parents for explanation (they wouldn't provide). That said, any advice for someone who doesn't need any more Fujis but still searches incessantly. Ummm, I've got this friend who, despite having a couple fine Fujis, still searches a four state radius for them on a regular basis?

ScottRyder 

I search nationally but I've been more successful at just networking. It's sometimes with my C&V Fuji friends, we all know what the other has and what they're looking for. Beech and I ride slightly different sizes so there really isn't any conflict. BTW, Beech is responsible for two of the finest Fuji's I have, the '82 Pro and the '82 Newest. I'm working my butt off to return the favor.

Other networking is letting family, friends and co-workers what I'm looking for. New England was a hub for the Fuji back in the '70's, seems like at one time almost everyone had one in their basement.

Ozark, start searching the Massachusetts area on Craigslist, I'm more than willing to help facilitate a deal if you find something. Let me know what size you ride as well. If it's anything but a 60cm we'll be fine.


Scott

Sizzle-Chest

I'm also curious how Valite compares to other tubing, but the question doesn't seem to have been answered. I found "Ishiwata" stamped on the steerer tube of my Valite Fuji, so it was clearly made by them. I also see a lot of references to it being lower end, but some of their higher-end offerings came with Valite forks, so it couldn't be that bad. Anyway, I would appreciate any info you have to share about this mystery tubing!

eschlwc

i had an '84 club that i built up to like-new. i enjoyed riding it for a month or so, but when its newness wore off, i realized it was way too stiff for me. i don't know how its overall weight compared to my 531 bikes, but i can tell you it 'felt' a lot heavier than my others. at times, it felt so heavy and stiff that it just wasn't fun to ride. it didn't even feel as sleek as my vitus touring bike, which is a couple inches longer. i found myself in lower gears when climbing on the valite as compared to the others.

i sold it for $520 this past summer in seattle. it looked really nice, but i had to do a lot of paint filling along the stays.

RubberLegs

My son LOVES his 86 TEAM, Craigslist find for $100, it's wheels were not original and toasted anyways...so, New wheels, he swapped a Superbe in for the RD...Of course, he being less than 100 pounds...he needs the lightest bike he can get!

oddjob2

I started working on a first year Sagres, which had a Valite 414 or 441 decal on the frame. The OEM fork had Tange embossed on it. Maybe Fuji just bought whatever tubing was available and slapped their name on it.

Sizzle-Chest

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschlwc

i realized it was way too stiff for me

I noticed mine is very stiff as well. Curious if it's the aluminum component. I actually quite like the power transfer if affords, which I feel is somewhat lacking in traditional chromoly tubing.

Quote:

Originally Posted by oddjob2

I started working on a first year Sagres, which had a Valite 414 or 441 decal on the frame. The OEM fork had Tange embossed on it. Maybe Fuji just bought whatever tubing was available and slapped their name on it.

Very interesting! Do you know what year the Sagres is?

oddjob2

1984 vintage Sagres