Whoa... Props to Nashbar! (For once)
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Whoa... Props to Nashbar! (For once)
https://nashbar.com/bikes/Product_100...t#ReviewHeader
This is really cool. I have one and think it is the neatest thing. Really cool they found some and decided to sell, and at a great price too!
This is really cool. I have one and think it is the neatest thing. Really cool they found some and decided to sell, and at a great price too!
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Ride a bike and smoke, how French can one be? Actually, a bike would be a better tie in with Camel!
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It folds to fit into your coffin
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The irony indeed. Its funny some of the stuff Marlboro promoted with their miles.
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When I was in high school a Gentleman in the local cycling club had a cigarette lighter, like from an old 6v car, on his bike. When we stopped he would push it in, flip the dyno and give the rear wheel a good spin then fire up a smoke.
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The best part was, I'm not a cigarette smoker. Back during the promotion, my live-in girlfriend worked for the Sheetz convenience store chain, and one of her daily duties was filling the smoking racks. She kept all the extra miles you got in a carton, and we bought lots of stuff.
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Back in 2000 I won a trip to the Marlboro ranch in Montana as well as a ton of gear. The gear was all top end brands. Really nice luggage, a Barbour jacket and camping gear. The Marlboro ranch was an incredible experience. Really nice accommodations, entertainment and incredible food. All kinds of awesome ranch related activities to do each day.
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I have seen a lot of them used, as complete bikes, for $100 or less. It was a very basic bike.
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Please don't confuse ebay "asking" prices with "selling" prices. Many sellers never get their ask price. some are far from it. Value is determined once an item actually SELLS. Its easy enough to check SOLD prices.
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But have you seen any for $300?
https://sarasota.craigslist.org/bik/3518669442.html
https://sarasota.craigslist.org/bik/3518669442.html
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The Marlboro miles campaign was great in some light.
I would pick up discarded (litter) packs, pull the miles off, and throw the rest in the trash.
This got me a raft, poker/chess set, zippo, sleeping bag, and over things. Most of which I still have today, and gets regular use.
I would pick up discarded (litter) packs, pull the miles off, and throw the rest in the trash.
This got me a raft, poker/chess set, zippo, sleeping bag, and over things. Most of which I still have today, and gets regular use.
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You went to school with Fonzie?
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That frame is the prefered choice of homeless people in san jose.
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https://nashbar.com/bikes/Product_100...t#ReviewHeader
This is really cool. I have one and think it is the neatest thing. Really cool they found some and decided to sell, and at a great price too!
This is really cool. I have one and think it is the neatest thing. Really cool they found some and decided to sell, and at a great price too!
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I have one waiting for the same reason you have listed. I used to trip over these bikes and pass on them, then they stopped showing up for sale. So I grabbed the first and last one I have seen for sale, at a decent price.
Aside from the irony of being a tobacco company promotion, I agree, it's a great product. The original components are pitiful, but with proper upgrades, the Fuji folder is a very capable 4130 cromoly framed bike that can hold its own as a commuter or on the road. That it happens to fold is a bonus. I have used mine to commute by train, when full sized bikes were not allowed. And for interstate travel by car, what can be better (other than perhaps an $and$ coupled bike) than a full sized folding bike in the trunk that can be pulled out, unfolded, and rolling down the road in seconds.
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The Altria Group (made up innocuous name) used to be Philip Morris, the owner of the Marlboro (and many other) brands. At the time of the folding bike and other 'gear' promotion, PM also owned Kraft Food and you wouldn't believe how many food brands they controlled. So if you're going to avoid a Fuji bike with a cigarette label, maybe you should pay attention to what multi-national conglomerate controls the food on your dinner table as well. Talk about poisons... OK, enough Military-Industrial-Congressional complex ranting for today. Cool folder, I love the touring version in this thread.
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But have you seen any for $300?
https://sarasota.craigslist.org/bik/3518669442.html
https://sarasota.craigslist.org/bik/3518669442.html
https://boston.craigslist.org/sob/bik/3568903416.html
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Not the Fonz, more like the Fonz's grandfather.
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I saw that on Nashbar's Facebook feed yesterday. Wasn't sure what to make of it. Thanks for all the info. Would make a unique bike. 17" might or might not fit me. I think my Trek 900 is 18" and I ride a 20 or 21" road frame.
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The Altria Group (made up innocuous name) used to be Philip Morris, the owner of the Marlboro (and many other) brands. At the time of the folding bike and other 'gear' promotion, PM also owned Kraft Food and you wouldn't believe how many food brands they controlled. So if you're going to avoid a Fuji bike with a cigarette label, maybe you should pay attention to what multi-national conglomerate controls the food on your dinner table as well. Talk about poisons... OK, enough Military-Industrial-Congressional complex ranting for today. Cool folder, I love the touring version in this thread.
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I typically ride a 55-56 cm. road frame and would say the Fuji is a good fit all around.
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Sometimes Marlboro is a cig, sometimes it's a place.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlborough,_Wiltshire
Sometimes cheddar is a cheese, sometimes it's a village.
Sometimes a bike just has a name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlborough,_Wiltshire
Sometimes cheddar is a cheese, sometimes it's a village.
Sometimes a bike just has a name.