I bought a Rapid Rise; it came with a bike

[velomann]

Pardon the click bait - I actually went to buy a bike for $80, with the faint notion from what little internet info I was able to find, that it might be equipped with a Deore Rapid Rise rear derailleur. My intention was to get what looked like a good deal, give it the full strip down and rebuild, and flip it.

But it's my size.

It's hardly been ridden.

It sorta ticks some boxes I didn't know I had ;-)

It looks good.

Mid-2000s Fuji Touring. British green with gold accents, and some appealing (to me) touches like mid-fork eyelets, cantilever bosses, braze-ons on the non-driveside chainstay to hold spare spokes, and 1" Threaded headtube for a quill stem. THe RD is an M-530, so it's almost certainly from the 2005-08 time period, and I lean towards the earlier part of that window considering the 1" head tube.

My current plan is to keep it, make some changes (different bars - Noodles? Ritchey Butano I have lying around?) and once again have a bike with bar-end shifters. And of course keep the Rapid Rise on there.

I've got a couple overnight touring bikes, but both are 650b and disc brake. This will be more of the bike I don't mind handing off to the guy on Amtrak without concern for scratches in the baggage car.

Picture is what it looked like after I hosted off the dust - nothing more.

[Ian A]

$80? Wow. That is a nice looking bicycle. Congratulations on your purchase. Is the frame Reynolds steel?

Ian A Kitimat BC

[Michael Moore, Jr.]

That's a score! Happy riding.

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Michael Moore, Jr.
Arcata, CA

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[Ben Adrian]

I have a 1998 Fuji Cross bike. I bought it as a do-it-all bike to live at a vacation rental. It ended up being one of the most lively, fun bikes in my "collection." An absolute joy to ride. 

[velomann]

"Is the frame Reynolds steel?"

No, it's the Fuji proprietary Elios custom butted cromoly. I don't know much about it.

I did find the exact same bike in the Fuji archives - it's a 2008.

Mine is exactly like the one pictured and spec'd identically.

https://archive.fujibikes.com/2008/Fuji/touring-us-only

Mike M

[Andrew Vergara]

I just built up one of those frames, and I thought I got a deal for $75 on the frameset!!! You really scored.  It rides great, and I have a 951 rapid rise on it.  Enjoy!