Re: [CR] Suntour Titanium freewheel

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To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Suntour Titanium freewheel
Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 17:14:06 +0000

The first Suntour Winner with aluminum cogs preceded the Microlite by quite a few years IIRC.

They were just early steel Winner bodies (the ones that adjust from the rear side, with unique five- and six-speed bodies) with silver aluminum cogs I believe. The cogs were certainly light, but very soft. As a certified alloy freewheel nerd, I have a couple NOS ones (one 5-speed, and one six-speed). No Titanium involved as far as I know.

Does anyone remember the Regina Extra Record from the mid-'70s that had silver aluminum cogs? The Regina Titanio was way cool too - I'm still looking for NOS Regina Titanium chains to go with mine if anyone has any FS....

I remember chuckling at a blurb in Buycycling Magazine in the early 1990s when they showcased the then-new Regina America Superleggera as "Regina's first ever aluminum-cogged freewheel." Yeah, right....

Could we come up with an "Al/Ti/Mg exotic freewheel" list and timeline perhaps? Hmmm....

(There were many, from Suntour, Regina, Everest, Maillard, Zeus, Campagnolo, Cyclo, etc.). Any other brands that anyone can think of?

Greg "dig those crazy old alloy and ti freewheels" Parker Ann Arbor, Michigan

Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 08:30:52 -0700 (PDT) From: David Feldman <feldmanbike@yahoo.com> To: First Flight Bicycles <jeff@firstflightbikes.com>, classic list <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: Re: [CR]Suntour Titanium freewheel

John J. had it all right on these--they were called "Microlite." One other thing was that thhe body assembled and adjusted very differently from other Winner series freewheel body. The adjusting cone was at the back (hub-facing side) of the freewheel body and pressure from the cogs was the locking mechanism. I think the body did have some non-steel parts. David Feldman Vancouver, WA --- First Flight Bicycles <jeff@firstflightbikes.com> wrote:
> We had a customer contact us about a Suntour
> titanium freewheel that he
> bought in 1973 or 1974. I had never heard of it
> before, does anyone know
> anything about them?
> Thanks
> Jeff Archer
> First Flight Bicycles
> 216 S. Center St.
> Statesville, NC 28677
> 704.878.9683
> jeff@firstflightbikes.com
> http://www.firstflightbikes.com