1985 Suntour catalog scans

[FirstFlight]

The rest of the catalog is at http://mombat.org/Suntour.htm

 

[Skeelsie]

For 1985 the styling is pretty damn impressive.


The build quality looks spot on too.

 

[any123]

they made some nice kit in them days that made shimano look cheap. where did it all go wrong for them

thanks andy

 

[hondadominator]

Love those pedals. Have a set of them but need to get some new cages.

 

[FirstFlight]

they made some nice kit in them days that made shimano look cheap. where did it all go wrong for them

thanks andy

1987 When Shimano introduced index shifting with Hyperglide. Suntour never did recover from that blow to the head. Their shifting was never as crisp as Shimanos. Suntour tried some stuff like the Browning system and Micro Drive (which Shimano promptly copied) but just never seemed to catch back up. The first gen Rapid Fire wasn't the greatest shifting system (which is why some companies still used thumb shifters 3 years after RF was introduced) but it beat the hell out of X-press shifters. It was always better to have drive train choices so it was disappointing when Suntour died........I guess we have SRAM now to challenge the big "S".

 

[clockworkgazz]

thanks jeff love suntour at this time- don't suppose you have 86 and 87 cat too?

 

[FirstFlight]

thanks jeff love suntour at this time- don't suppose you have 86 and 87 cat too?

Possibly. I have been scanning stuff as time allows. There is way more stuff than time though!

 

[clockworkgazz]

nice one- have a look out for some spare suntour xc beartrap pedals too whilst your looking- been scouring the globe with no success :cry:

 

[Dead Rats]

just looks the business that groupset, timeless almost - apart from the pedals

 

[clockworkgazz]

hey cheeky- those pedals are lush