Re: [CR]Sedis Chain Dating

(Example: Framebuilders:Rene Herse)

Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 10:45:48 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Sedis Chain Dating
References: <200503260748.XAA08236@cascade.cs.ubc.ca> <42452FAE.23A2153F@earthlink.net> <42456305.6080001@new.rr.com>


John Thompson wrote:
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> Chuck Schmidt wrote:
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> > Donald Gillies wrote:
> >
> >>Suntour Winner freewheels were
> >>introduced in 1975, according to Andrew Muzi, and I believe that Sedis
> >>introduced Sedisport chains to work with Winner Ultra freewheels.
>
> > Sedis, a French company, introduced their innovative bushless Sedisport
> > chain to work with SunTour, a Japanese company, SunTour's freewheels?
>
> Yup. When SunTour introduced their "Ultra-6" narrow-spaced freewheel
> design normal chains would no longer work. SunTour offered a narrow
> chain, but Sedis wanted a cut of the action as well.

Sedis was the first with a bushless design and it's more likely they were working in conjunction with Maillard and their freewheels. I don't know if SunTour came up with the idea or they were just first there with the compact freewheels. But it is very hard for me to believe that Sedis was motivated to make their bushless Sedisport chain so they could sell chains that worked with a Japanese companies freewheels. Keep in mind that Maillard and Sedis was doing extremely well in the freewheel / chain market in Europe and America in the 1970s and 1980s.

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena CA

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