SUNN 5000 year 1996 golden age of french mtb !

[frenchfever]

Hello from france folks !

Here is a SUNN 5000 year :1996

it' s a 1 inch headset model (until 1996) after 1"1/8

Steel tange frame,sloping.
changed the brakes for XTR cantilever and new tires.
great bike and geometry !

 

[johnkiteman]

very nice - what was the original brake spec?

 

[frenchfever]

hello mate

it was STX cantilever !

the old XTR canti work much better than i thought !

 

[al]

Nice!

My Exact disc is almost finished and i can't wait to get my leg over once more! :shock:

Cheers,Al

 

[JeRkY]

Sunn are kinda sweet looking!

 

[cchris2lou]

Dont forget to register at melivelo.fr , and there is a sunn forum too . tout en langue de Moliere .

 

[Carlos the Slackal]

C'etait en 1995 que j'ai dit "Non" a Max. Il m'a offert un boulot a Saint Gaudens.......

 

[cchris2lou]

C'etait en 1995 que j'ai dit "Non" a Max. Il m'a offert un boulot a Saint Gaudens.......

good thing you turned him down .

 

[Carlos the Slackal]

C'etait en 1995 que j'ai dit "Non" a Max. Il m'a offert un boulot a Saint Gaudens.......

good thing you turned him down .

As it turns out, yes it was! I spent some great time with the team down in Saint Gaudens though, superb place to see in action. Max was, and I am sure still is, a top chap. (He had a smelly dog, mind you!)

 

[longun]

nice looking sunn bud,hopeing to get out on mine when the weather settles