brandenjs

I just moved mine to a new owner. Great bikes and the Burgundy was pretty cool. Made for a great gravel bike in my area. I need to quit looking at posts like this because I always end up missing bikes I've sold.

Germany_chris

Since I like these pictures everyone has to look at a couple more pictures of almost done Rock 'n Road

polymorphself 

Awesome ride. Also nice to see another @ on here

Duke of Prunes

I acquired this premium Fuji a couple years ago from the niece of a gentleman whose Alzheimer's wouldn't allow him to ride anymore. Sad circumstance but I finally put it into service with just clean up, new Freewheel and chain. Found I needed to retrue the wheels and then broke to spokes on the rear. This shot is along the pier at Tenney Lock on Lake Mendota, Madison, WI, with the capital & campus in the distance.

The original Fujitsu Belt leather saddle is in good shape, though a bit still for my 64-year old tush. While I like the Suntour barons, the original bars are too narrow. I may try some 46cm Cowchippers. I have trekking bars on my 85 Miyata 610 that I'll use for longer tours. Jury is our whether this stays in my permanent fleet.

I put it into service w/o a complete teardown, but already tearing into the bb to resolve some clicking under load. I replaced the two spare spokes on the left chainstay, having already put the originals into service on the 40-spoke rear wheel. Geez - at 225 lbs, I'm not THAT big!


Need to replace the straps on the toe clips.

trailmix

Nice looking bike.

The Golden Boy 

The 1984 and 85 Fuji Touring V bikes are among the very ultimate in color choices to me. That Teal/Silver/Cream thing is irresistible to me.

Beautiful bike!

trailmix

Old touring bikes are following me home. This time it was a cosmetically challenged 1985 Raleigh Kodiak that appears to here very few miles on it.


It is still sporting the original Raleigh branded 27 x 1 3/8 tires.



Too bad about the condition because after using 1/2 bottle of Tri-flow on the moving parts, I took it for a spin to see what I was working with and really like it.




My joyride was cut short by the rear tire blowing a sidewall after 3.5 miles. Who would have thought that 35 year old tires weren’t safe?


I am not sure what the next step for this one will be. Do I clean and service it and ignore the rust or should I do a major cosmetic overhaul too?

Prowler 

^^^^^^^ a couple of years ago I chose the first option for my '87 Schwinn Voyageur - serviced it and rode it. Just waxed the frame. I've done many miles and two tours on it and there's no question, I like it. So yesterday I took it all apart and will seriously clean the frame and preserve it (no repaint, the battle scars are good) then re-clean everything as I put it back together over the winter. I'm also comfortable with the beausage vs big money to get a repaint. That took a few miles and a few new memories to figure out.

Phil_gretz

All bags are removed, as it's been seeing local recreational riding duties lately. The ride is nice and stable. The grey market TRP levers are a good match for the original DiaCompe 981 calipers.

trailmix

I am more concerned with stopping the rust that making a show bike. Would a healthy dose of wax on the frame stop the rust?

Those Voyageurs are nice bikes, my wife rides an 88 and she loves it.

trailmix

Love that color, what year is it?

Phil_gretz

^ 1988. If I recall correctly, only '87 and '88 came in this color. The '88 is unique in that it features more yellow in the decals.

polymorphself 

I’ve never seen one of these before the fork style shift. I love this bike! One of my favorites in the thread and one for me to look out for now. Amazing color and decals ans you set it up so well.

polymorphself 

Hm, these don't appear in the 1987 catalog. The touring bike that year was the last Fuji America (and it appears purple in the photo although the description says electric blue) and the Saratoga in 1988 is a different shade than yours although that very well could be the catalog scan. The 1989 Saratoga is a closer color to yours but the decals are different and they got rid of the mid fork eyelets (why do some manufacturers do this? It makes more sense when there is a higher end touring option offered to differentiate the two, but that isn't the case here).

Dfrost 

How about clear nail polish as a longer-lasting rust prevention?

Prowler 

AFAIK, wax is fine but should be reapplied more often than I did on my V. On the last overnight it sat out in the rain. The finish was quite milky by morning, a bit better when it dried. I decided that morning that, come winter, I would rehab the bike again. I'm pretty sure I'll use BLO on the whole frame this time. I tried a test this morning.

I mixed boiled linseed oil with mineral spirits, 4:1 and wiped a thin coat onto my machete blade. Dried nicely in a few hours. Looked good. I'll see how that blade does with 2 or 3 coats. Maybe a mower deck or two. If OK, I'll treat the entire Voyageur frame, ha, ha, ha.

edit: applied a second coat to the machete blade and a first cost to the other side. Again dried in a day. I'm impressed with the BLO performance with just a bit of OMS added. I'll leave that machete out in the rain to see what happens. Note, we're a dry spell right now so the rain test may take some time.

"I'm afraid, Doctor!"
"More Igor, more. I know this will work. I'll be famous, Ha, ha, ha!"

trailmix

I will give the wax a try, it will at least make it look better.

mechanicmatt

I don't know why I didn't see this. These are Continental SpeedRide 700c x 42c but they measure out to 40c. I'd say it'd clear 700c x 45c just fine, but going up from that starts getting tight.

Bpor3248

This is my refurbished 1982 Fuji America. All original components. Suntour Cyclone GT RD, Suntour Cyclone FD, bar-con shifters, DiaComp 500G brakes, Sugino Mighty Tour crank, Nitto Olympiade handlebars, Fujita Professional saddle. Ukai alloy rims 700c. Seeing Fuji stopped selling bicycles to police agencies I did not put any Fuji decals on. Instead I added Thin Blue Line decals and American flags. “Back the Blue”. “USA”

trailmix

My mom’s 1989 Cannondale ST400. She likes this bike better than her fancy new Specialized carbon thingy.

dickbandit 

I believe I've shared my '86 Lotus Odyssey in this thread before, but it's probably gone through a few changes since then and I think this is a particularly nice photo.

Het Volk

My Fuji America 1981. Converted into a SS commuter, which turns out to be a great beer run bike.


Just finishing up a ride on my single-speed Fuji America conversion

gthomson

Put this bike together from an old bike I bought but didn't really like it too much. I've since given to my son who can now use this as a city commuter and then when ever I plan on doing a tour I can borrow it from him!

casanewt

I tend to find the coolest stuff when I'm not really looking. 1986 Miyata 1000.

The Golden Boy 

Surprise!!!