RE: [CR]Suntour / Berto's theory

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From: <"kohl57@starpower.net">
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: RE: [CR]Suntour / Berto's theory
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 12:52:42 -0400


Original Message: ----------------- From: Donald Gillies gillies@cs.ubc.ca Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 09:31:21 -0700 (PDT) To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, gillies@cs.ubc.ca Subject: [CR]Suntour / Berto's theory

"In the early 1970's, Suntour exported as an aftermarket supplier. In that niche, they had to charge standard markups (not exhorbitant ones) to get established. Just about every simplex derailleur shipped in the 1970's was eventually replaced by a Suntour."

Really? I had no idea Simplex was held in that kind of disrepute among cyclists then or now, except here. I guess my own personal experience with my Simplex-fitted UE-8 (1974) and now with my PX-10e (1972) runs, as usual, counter to everyone else's. I don't know more a derailleur can accomplish than a Simplex of this era: cheap, light and shifts like a dream (well at least for a derailleur). Delrin can be a bit brittle if not well oiled but 30 plus years after the fact, my Simplex derailleur works a LOT better than the Campagnolo Gran Sport on my Competition. But that's an old, tired debate here. My own very limited personal experience puts me very much on the "losing" side..... as usual. I'd bury my Peugeot in the park before I'd put a Japanese anything on her...

Peter Kohler Washington DC USA

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