Well, the earliest Winner freewheels were gold-colored. That may have only been five-speeds, though, as they switched to silver pretty quickly. The early ones that are gold are in green boxes.
Greg Parker Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:05:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Cc: am@yellowjersey.org Subject: [CR] Suntour ORO / gold 6-speed Freewheels ??
Do such things exist ?? I have never seen one on ebay, but it sure would be nice to have one, either in regular 126mm spacing, or in ultra-6 120mm spacing (13-24 or 13-26 would be perfect.)
The Suntour ORO / gold freewheels that I have seen have always used either 8.8.8 perfect or Pro-Compe bodies. They have always been 5-speed freewheels. Can the Suntour ORO cogs from these freewheels be moved over to a Winner 5/6/7 (2nd or 3rd generation) body ?? The first-generation Winner bodies did not have the 5/6/7 spacing ability.
Thanx,
- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA