Re: [CR]1970s Weyless NOW Suntour Superbe

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 16:24:09 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]1970s Weyless NOW Suntour Superbe
References: <D24CD8D2A42DBE408E31D99568D7AAFF0206C7C7@MLSSWN02P.WAS.INT.IMF.ORG>
In-Reply-To:


Bingham, Wayne R. wrote:
> Peter Naiman wrote:
>
>>>>I had a bunch of Weyless stuff a few years ago and wish I hadn't
>
> sold it. The pedals and other companants were very well made and very
> diffrent in appearance to Campag and other mainstream componants.
>
> and John Thompson replied:
> IIRC, SunTour licensed the "look" of the pedals for their "Superbe"
> pedals.<<<<
>
> Would that have maybe been for the Superbe Pro pedals? The whole
> Superbe group looked very much like Campy Record/Super Record copies,
> much like countless others were also doing. Suntour's Superbe Pro group
> had much more of it's own distinctive style, particularly the pedals.

I always liked the replaceable cages on the pedals. You didn't have to worry about grit in your cleats grinding them down to nothing.

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA