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| * [[Centurion]] | | * [[Centurion]] |
| * [[Diamondback]] | | * [[Diamondback]] |
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| Fuji started the "invasion" with the S-10-S, the first Japanese adult bike designed successfully for the U.S. market, and later the first moderate-priced 12 speed. The "Newest" racing bike was a serious contender in its day. The Del Rey was an excellent sport-touring bike. The "America" was an early "credit-card" touring bike, featuring 18 speeds, SunTour barcons (a SunTour trademark for bar-end shifters), and 622 mm (700c) wheels (which were rare in the U.S. at that time, in the late '70s-early '80s.)
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| The Fuji Touring Series was a fine range of loaded touring bikes in the mid '80s.
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| Fuji fell on hard times in the early '90s. It was one of the last Japanese bike companies to shift production to Taiwan after the fall of the dollar against the Yen made Japanese bikes uncompetitive in the U.S. It is my belief that Fuji, being a latecomer to Taiwanese production, took a while to build up a good working relationship with the Taiwanese factories, because the early-'90s Taiwanese Fujis were not so hot. Current Fujis are fine, but the company has not yet recovered the reputation it had during the Glory Years.
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| See also the Classicrendezvous Fuji Page.
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| * [[Bridgestone#C.Itoh|C.Itoh]] | | * [[Bridgestone#C.Itoh|C.Itoh]] |
| * [[Bridgestone#Kabuki|Kabuki]] | | * [[Bridgestone#Kabuki|Kabuki]] |