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Re: In case you are still interested the colour scheme matches one I bought in 1970

to Old Ned Thanks for the additional information and sorry about misunderstanding your earlier post about riding the Sun bike. Also I didn't mean to imply the riders colluded, though I have heard that if a rider thought he had a serious chance of winning a stage or event he might try to...

This is one for Old Ned You mentioned you rode Sun Racing bikes during the 60's and I wonder what you thought of them, were the competition machines good bikes to ride or were Sun behind the competition by that stage. Also would you know if the competition bikes were actually made in...

Keith the Raleigh Chopper was a marketing mans dream, the demand right from the start was huge and they could charge whatever they felt like for it. The launch price in 1970 was apparently £ 32 so you are pretty close. however it certainly was not something that appeared in working class or...

I agree with the comment in that 1960' and early 70's bikes like the Sun Snipe were not competition bikes and would have had no appeal to serious clubmen except as perhaps a commuting or hacking about bike, and quiet probably the same is true for every bike in the Sun / carlton range. However...

The weight is interesting, 6 lbs is 2.725 kg including the headset cup, I assume the bottom bearing has been removed, which means the frame is sub 2.7 kg. probably 2.65. On a website called "london fixed gear and single speed" a post lists weights for Reynolds 531 frame components and this is...

Sun Snipe Plus Thats a really nice example and should restore perfectly well. If you have it entirely stripped weigh it and see what the frame comes in at on its own. I would be pretty certain the bike is 1970 or later. The 1970 catalogue gives the Snipe Plus as being finished in a choice of...

Sun was originally a brand produced by the Parkes company of Birmingham and by the 60's was owned by Raleigh who produced it in Worksop in the same facility as Carlton. They also maintained a racing team under the Sun brand which unless Sun had a loyal following and heritage wouldnt have made a...