Re: [CR]SunTour 3 pulley RD

(Example: Production Builders:Tonard)

Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:13:36 -0600
To: classic rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Mark Stonich" <mark@bikesmithdesign.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]SunTour 3 pulley RD
In-Reply-To: <75481.26914.qm@web82210.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <D232379A-958A-4044-B058-2AEAADD7748F@gmail.com>


At 2/4/2008 05:49 PM -0800, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
>Just received an NIP Suntour 3-pulley RD. It was cheap on eBay and
>I have a weakness for oddball stuff. Does anyone know what the
>claimed advantage of this design was?

It would wrap up one heck of a lot of chain without an unacceptably long cage.
> Anyone actually used one? If so, what is your opinion of it?

I never used the Suntour but 3 years before it came out, I was selling modified, 3 pulley Huret DuoPars. http://bikesmithdesign.com/temp/DuoParMods.jpg

Mark Stonich;
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