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This is a respectable example of a Japanese touring bike from the 1980s. The frame is beautifully made, and it has solid componentry. The chainwheel is a Shimano Biopace, which takes a little getting used to. It almost feels as though you have a freewheel that is slipping when you pedal. It is...

It's 48 years old now, so I guess it can be posted here. These LeTours were just a little bit heavy at 30 pounds, a little pricey at around $169, but they looked and rode better than anything most of us had ever seen! This one rides really nice with a new pair of slimmer 27" x 1 1/8" HP (90 psi)...

What better day than the 4th of July to post this one? It's the 2nd America I've bought in about a year, and that's after decades of wanting ONE. Ronald Reagan had just won the '80 presidential election when this '81 model was made. My other America is the 1976 "Bicentennial America" that I...

What we have here is a 1976 Fuji America (mid-70's style) touring bike produced in the spring of '76. I recently bought it from the original owner who bought it new in 1977. It turns out that we lived a few blocks from each other "back in the day", and knew some of the same people. I rode a...