New Project '59 Experto Crede

[Jez Nemeth]

What sorta year that front Suntour mech is-ish?

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Wow, Selbach

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

What sorta year that front Suntour mech is-ish?

There will be a date code.

 

[Jez Nemeth]

Rides nice too...flip/flop rear -on sprint tubs, Constrictor ASP's fine here on the Gwent Levels -all flat back roads...mind you the pot hole devils have been hard at work over the last few years round here and are way ahead of the council in filling them in. So run it on a few routes, quick little bike. Wyld colour has nearly worn off, tinted laquer over nickel plating...I've replicated it on a more moder machine, but only to see if i could...it's certainly a 30's colour...ain't no 'Eau de Nil' , but of it's time. 21" 1/2 ...so good size.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Rides nice too...flip/flop rear -on sprint tubs, Constrictor ASP's fine here on the Gwent Levels -all flat back roads...mind you the pot hole devils have been hard at work over the last few years round here and are way ahead of the council in filling them in. So run it on a few routes, quick little bike. Wyld colour has nearly worn off, tinted laquer over nickel plating...I've replicated it on a more moder machine, but only to see if i could...it's certainly a 30's colour...ain't no 'Eau de Nil' , but of it's time. 21" 1/2 ...so good size.

Welsh hills, that gearing

 

[Glug]

What sorta year that front Suntour mech is-ish?

SunTour Cyclone II GT rear: RD-3700 1981
https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=374d02a0-8e7d-43fd-8ae3-a04877256f81&Enum=108
SunTour Cyclone I front: FD-1300 1976
https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=2C17DBC9-E009-4102-993D-4E04DE9FFE40&Enum=113&AbsPos=26
SunTour Power Shifters LD-1500 1981
https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?id=39b0c9b8-10d7-4324-8bf4-f65eca2d209a
The Cyclone I FD has a built in cable stop which seems to be rarer on the Cyclone II FD.
The Power Shifters do come in an all chrome version, just a bit rarer.

That combination handles 52/36 + 13-32 6 speed very easily.

 

[Jez Nemeth]

Nope not seeing anything on it...Vx mean anything?

 

[Glug]

SunTour Vx FD: https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=f4535325-e8fd-417c-a5a9-a264da0d633d
1978 - mid 80s

 

[Jez Nemeth]

Welsh hills, that gearing

Well, plain and simply, gotta loose some weight, not going into it, but had to learn to walk again after last 'biking incident', so did many other things for a time, and the fridge was within crawling distance.

I'm not fat exactly, better to say 'easily seen'.

 

[Jez Nemeth]

SunTour Vx FD: https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=f4535325-e8fd-417c-a5a9-a264da0d633d
1978 - mid 80s

That's the beastie!! Thx mate...and reading the lowdown, yes the mechanism is absolutely full of street dirt/dog hair and god knows what...