All 5 of you who follow my blog will recall the light blue Schwinn Continental I retro-modded into something of a gravel bike earlier this month. It's continued to be a fun ride and good reminder of the work I put into my first Continental.
This new bike is something different: A 1984 Fuji Touring Series V.
Photo courtesy of Classic Fuji.com
In it's day it was Fuji's top of the line touring bike, relaxed riding position, long chain stays, multiple spots for water bottles, fender/rack mounts and higher level SunTour components (Hooray for SunTour!). As they say in the business, SO that's the good.
The downside to this frame, is it was missing a fair amount of parts and so far is probably the most in-depth overhaul and scratching together compatible parts on a non-existent budget.
What it came with: 56cm Frame (my size!) and fork, Nitto olympiade aluminum drop bars wrapped in red cloth tape and Technomic stem, Sugino AT triple crank and 50/45/28 chain rings, Dia Compe Gran Compe cantilever brakes, Avocet Touring II saddle.
Nitto bars wrapped in cloth tape, very 1980s!
Sugino AT 50/45/28 triple, this crank set the bolt pattern standard for triple cranks for a long time (110/74 BCD)
Some things this bike was missing: Brakes hoods, levers and cable housing (as might be obvious in the pictures), shifters of any type (original equipment was SunTour bar-ends), mismatched wheels; one aluminum rim 27" laced to Sunshine Gyromaster hub in front (also original equipment) and a Specilized high spoke count double sided hub with a 700c rim in back (no idea what or where this came from), a rear derailleur (originally equipped with the now rare and expensive SunTour LeTech touring derailleur) and a chain.
Overall though, by stripping some unused bikes and assembling parts I had laying around I thought this would be a quick build. Stay tuned for part 2.
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