A reader of The Folding Cyclist recently reported that they bought one at an estate sale in pristine, still in the box condition for $110.00. To continute the irony, since you had to be a relatively heavy smoker to earn enough miles to get the bike, many who ordered the bike, perhaps with the good intention of changing their lifestyle, hardly if ever rode them and they regularly come up for sale in the used market in excellent condition. The promotion was fairly successful and it turns out that the non-Marlboro version of this bike, the "Fuji Folder", is relatively rarer than this "limited" edition. You could buy this bike, without the Marlboro stickers, from a Fuji dealer for $330.00. A smoker received 5 Marlboro Miles for each pack purchased so 440 packs would have to be consumed to earn enough miles. How you got the bicycle was you needed to redeem 2,200 "Marlboro Miles" and pay an additional $110.00. It was touted as a limited-edition (not so limited since they were produced in the thousands) folding mountain bicycle and the name of the campaign was "Marlboro Unlimited" with the word "Unlimited" featured on the bike's headbadge decal. It was made by Fuji for a Marlboro cigarettes promotional campaign in 1996. "This folding bike has a whole lot of irony attached to it. Hard to tell if it has the original “Marlboro” head badge, but it is advertised for auction as a “Fuji 4130 Marlboro Folding Mountain Bike”. It is especially creepy if you think over the convolutions of concept mixed into the creation and means of purchase for this bicycle. Regardless it’s kept me entertained for a couple of days so I feel I’ve already got my money’s worth out of it.Currently up for auction on is the ultimate Halloween bike. I don’t know if I will I ever make use of it’s folding capability. I don’t really have a plan for the bike and only time will tell if I keep it or not. This morning I added a rear rack, strapped on a bottle of coffee and rode it to a nearby lake and on some single track there. I’ve since settled in to it and it’s not bad. I think it was just the MTB geometry that I’m not used to. My first ride on the bike I didn’t like it at all. I removed the front derailleur for simplicity and can always manually move the chain between chainrings should I need to. The new rear wheel is an 8 speed but I’ve yet to figure out a way to mount the matching derailleur so I dug through my parts and found a friction shifter that allows me to use 5 of those 8 with the original derailleur. The original tires, seat and pedals were ok but I went ahead and swapped them out with parts from my stash. From her bike I used the wheels, chain and to lighten it up a bit, her aluminum handlebars and crank arms. Mali Marlboro cues (they dont say Marlboro on them but were available through the Marlboro catalog with 'Marlboro miles') Of course there are the Snap-On, Corvette, Harley, etc cues made by McDertmott but I am looking for info on the lesser known or more obscure examples of promo cues. Upon getting the catalog, you will have until the end of September 2006 to get your order in to them. I knew a guy who had a ton of that stuff. They are offering a catalog only available by calling 1-800-Marlboro. re: Anybody old enough to remember the 1994-95 Marlboro watches (CSB) Posted on 11/20/16 at 3:30 pm to Honky Lips. The purchase of this bike just happened to coincide with the retirement of Nova’s old MTB so I used parts from it to get the Fuji rideable. Marlboro has just recently stopped adding the Marlboro Miles to its packages. Marlboro miles ' for products from a catalog. The bike originally would have had a quick release on the stem but it had been replaced with a bolt and nut. ADDRESSES : Submit written comments to the Dockets Management Branch. The wheels were out of true by quite a bit. It had been stored outside and was in fairly rough condition and not rideable although the tires still had air which surprised me. Back in 1996 if you smoked enough Marlboros you could use your “Marlboro Miles” + $110 and purchase the bike through their rewards program. It’s a Fuji/Marlboro folding bike with 26″ wheels, 4130 cromoly tubing and 15 speeds. I wasn’t looking for a bike but this showed up on my Facebook news feed in a Marketplace ad and caught my attention.
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