Hello;
I got the answer about this Suntour. I heard from the president of "Suntour Museum". It is the cheap derailleur named "LOVE". It was used for the cheap bicycle for ordinary use (in Japanese "MAMACYARI"). It was used with a 3-speed freewheel and a thumb shifter for index shifting. I heard that it was competitor of the Shimano 3-speed Hub Gear in Japanese market.
It seems that it has lost outer shell made from plastic (black or white).
Please see the page on "Suntour Museum".
http://member.nifty.ne.jp/
Kenji Fusejima Tokyo Japan
At 1:00 AM +0900 01.9.11, kenji fusejima wrote:
>Hello;
>
>I have not seen such a Suntour derailleur. Since it is rough structure, it
>may be a low-end product or prototype model. I just wrote the question to
>the message board of a "Suntour museum" in Japanese language. We may be
>able to acquire some informations.
>
>Kenji Fusejima
>Tokyo Japan
>
>
>At 9:29 AM -0400 01.9.10, RALEIGH531@aol.com wrote:
>>http://ebay.com/<blah>
>>
>>Does anyone know anything about this Suntour Derailleur?
>>A copy of an older design?
>>
>>Pete Geurds
>>Douglassville, PA