tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18899086.post113258437687492840..comments2023-10-07T07:28:55.729-04:00Comments on Dave Moulton's Bike Blog: A very nice 59cm. Fuso Lux just sold on eBay.Dave Moultonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556183205157714280noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18899086.post-62230343604451758022007-01-23T21:22:00.000-05:002007-01-23T21:22:00.000-05:00Some nostalgia from me. I bought a Fuso LUX frame ...Some nostalgia from me. I bought a Fuso LUX frame ($1500) from you at Steady Pedaler bike shop in Riverside California when I was a graduate student at UC Riverside. I think the year was 1987 and it was a 60 cm frame. I had it painted entirely black with blue Fuso decals and just loved it. I raced the hell out of the bike for at least 3 years but eventually decided to move on to a lighter frameset. I moved around with the bike for many years until 2001 when with great regret I sold the complete bike to a fellow racer Alex Smith. Alex said he would use it as a commuter in Davis CA. I like to think it is still rolling around out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18899086.post-1139681607598272022006-02-11T13:13:00.000-05:002006-02-11T13:13:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Dave Moultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556183205157714280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18899086.post-1139681578748481952006-02-11T13:12:00.000-05:002006-02-11T13:12:00.000-05:00Hi Patrick,All the Fuso were built with the heavie...Hi Patrick,<BR/>All the Fuso were built with the heavier gauge SP or SPX chainstays making for a stiffer rear triangle and a more responsive frame. As the chainstay is an almost horizontal tube it does not affect the ride quality, or make it too harsh in other words.<BR/>Larger frames, 60cm. and over were built with a SP or SPX down tube. Larger frames tend to be more flexible because the tubes are longer; increasing the thickness of the down tube helped offset this.Dave Moultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556183205157714280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18899086.post-1132755679826213042005-11-23T09:21:00.000-05:002005-11-23T09:21:00.000-05:00I have to agree with Dave about selling if you no ...I have to agree with Dave about selling if you no longer use it. <BR/>I just had a wheelset built with Mavic SSC rims, Campy 28 hole hubs, and put an Everest AL 13-21 freewheel on it, all never-used NOS components. I was considering hanging them as art pieces, but how many people would see them, much less know what they were looking at?<BR/>It was like such fine things are best in the element in which they were designed-ridden with everything you have.<BR/>Only then do they come 'alive'.<BR/>There is art the artist intended to be gazed upon, and other art best seen in motion. In both cases, the possessor (and their knowledge) decides which is best.VintageSpinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08730079500876575901noreply@blogger.com