Hi listers, Yes I can confirm Sun Tour 7 spd ultra freewheels were avaiable before 1980, I'm sure I got one in 79, a 12 to 17 which I still have, and is stored away ready to go on a Superbe Pro bike project.
Cheers
Kevin Sayles
Bridgwater. Somerset. UK
Classic,orClassic Style, Bikes
> ..and just so that Mitch's recounting of an "OFF LIST" report to him
> does
> not come across as merely some blind assertion on my part, I offer for
> your
> consideration the following:
>
>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/
>
>
>
> ..and...
>
>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/
>
>
>
> With respect to Hilary's contention that both SunTour and Zeus
> manufactured
> a seven speed freewheel within the CR List timeline, he would be
> absolutely
> correct.
>
>
>
> The full color forty page SunTour catalog published in October 1977
> makes no
> reference to such an offering (...I do happen to have a very nice spare
> copy
> of this fine catalog should anyone be interested in its purchase for the
> sum
> of $50.00 USD to include domestic shipping - please contact me "OFF
> LIST").
> However, the August 1978 SunTour dealer brochure specifically includes
> both
> a color picture and technical description of their New Winner model
> NW-7000
> seven speed ultra spaced freewheel.
>
>
>
> And while it may have been absent Zeus catalog 103 published in 1977,
> the
> Zeus 2000 Super Earlumin II model 29000 seven speed freewheel most
> assuredly
> does appear on page 31 of their catalog 104 from 1980.
>
>
>
> Unfortunately, I have not yet had the opportunity to digitize and post
> to
> WoolJersey any of those particular pieces of literature referenced above
> as
> of this point in time (...remember, patience is a virtue).
>
>
>
> Robert "freewheelin" Broderick
>
> ..the "Frozen Flatlands" of South Dakota
>
> Sioux Falls, USA
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Mitch
> Harris
> Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 10:45 PM
> To: CR List (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [CR]508 Mile Bicycle Race Offers New Category for Classic,
> orClassic Style, Bikes
>
>
>
> And R.S. Broderick reported that Regina offered a 7 sp freewheel in
>
> 1978 and Maillard in 1980.
>
>
>
> Mitch Harris
>
> Little Rock Canyon, Utah, USA
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Hilary Stone
>
> <hilary.stone@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> 7-speed freewheels were available from Suntour (Ultra 7) and Zeus
> (2000)
> by
>
>> 1983.
>
>>
>
>> Hlary Stone, Bristol England
>
>>
>
>> Tom Harriman wrote:
>
>> >
>
>> >
>
>> >
>
>> > Sorry Mitch. 7 Speeds didn't show up until the 1990's, and had a
> rather
>
>> sh
>
>> > ort life. The 8's were showing up in the late 90's. But for this
> list,
>
>> we
>
>> > 'll have to wait for 2023 to discuss it.
>
>> >
>
>> > Safe Cycling.
>
>> > Tom Harriman
>
>> > San Francisco, Ca
>
>> >
>
>> >
>
>> > > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:15:48 -0600
>
>> > > From: mitch.harris@gmail.com
>
>> > > To: oroboyz@aol.com
>
>> > > Subject: Re: [CR]508 Mile Bicycle Race Offers New Category for
> Classic,
>
>> o
>
>> > >
>
>> > r Classic Style, Bikes
>
>> >
>
>> > > CC: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>
>> > >
>
>> > >
>
>> > > > - The frame and fork must be lugged steel (but built in ANY
> year,
>
>> inclu
>
>> > > >
>
>> > >
>
>> > ding
>
>> >
>
>> > >
>
>> > > > brand new).
>
>> > > >
>
>> > > > - No more than six cogs on the rear wheel.
>
>> > > >
>
>> > > > - 32 or more spokes per wheel.
>
>> > > >
>
>> > > > - Friction shifting on the down-tube, or bar-cons.
>
>> > > >
>
>> > > > - Toe clips and straps.
>
>> > > >
>
>> > > >
>
>> > > Sounds great. But why limited to 6 cogs? Maybe I'm remembering
> wrong
>
>> > > but weren't 7 speeds available in 1983?
>
>> > >
>
>> > > Mitch Harris
>
>> > > Little Rock Canyon, Utah, USA
>
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