Check out the old-school all-metal emblem – I would have thought something like that would have used in the 1960′s or the 1970′s, but this rig is from 1984.
Oak Green and Star Silver:
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Keep on keeping on, Fuji del Rey.
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Fuji lagged behind some of the flashier Italian rides in the ’80′s. This is certainly high style circa 1976. Funny thing I like it better. I see a bunch of folks riding old bikes (sadly with the classic simplex, huret, and campy dérailleurs stripped off.) I love them nonetheless. I’ve seen a couple of Ciocc’s, locked to a post, battered by time (shit 30 years is a long time), but still gorgeous fucking bicycles. Compare the intricate shapes of an old lugged frame with the horrifying beads of a welded frame. There’s a deeper beauty to these things that’s been lost.