Tag Chrome-Molybdenum

Bicycle Makers, Fuji

Fuji: The Japanese Lightweight That Changed America’s Mind

Front three-quarter view of a 1979 Fuji Professional road bicycle in silver, showing the Professional script on the top tube, chrome fork crown and Ukai rim

Founded in 1899 as a Tokyo trading house importing American goods, Fuji was Japan's most popular bicycle by the late 1920s and, with the S10-S of 1971, ended the assumption that a serious lightweight had to be European. This is the longer story: the wartime renaming, three Olympic teams designed by a former Asian Games winner, Valite tubing, an early production titanium frame, serial numbers that actually date a frame, two bankruptcies and a brand changing hands again in 2026.

Eric Anschutz
October 6, 2026

Fuji, Tech Specs

Tech Specs: 1970s Team Fuji Track

A 1970s Team Fuji track frame in Fuji 331 double butted chrome molybdenum, built out of the Japanese track parts bin: Nitto, Sugino, Suzue, Araya and HKK.

Eric Anschutz
August 23, 2026

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