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Old Suntour 5spd clusters?
Hi All;
Does anyone have any old Suntour 5spd stupidly large range clusters (14-38 or 14-34) they'd like to sell me? I'm trying to do a rebuild of an early 80s touring bike I picked up recently? Cheers (and thanks!) Joel |
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Old Suntour 5spd clusters?
Joel Mayes wrote:
Does anyone have any old Suntour 5spd stupidly large range clusters (14-38 or 14-34) they'd like to sell me? I'm trying to do a rebuild of an early 80s touring bike I picked up recently? Back then I standardised on 14, 17, 21, 26, and 32 sprockets because of the even gear-inch progression. So I've probably got unused sprockets in at least some of those sizes. I'm not sure how many Suntour clusters I've got, but there's at least one fitted to a bike. Unless I've thrown them out, I've got lots of 5-speed Shimano clusters somewhere with worn-out sprockets (usually the 14 and 17 tooth ones wore first). A couple of years ago, I saw a big range of unused Suntour sprockets in the workshop at: Bike Superstore 20 Essignton Street Mitchell ACT 2911 http://www.bikesuperstore.com.au/ but the owner was very protective of them, saying that none were for sale. Perhaps they've changed their mind. John |
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"Joel Mayes" wrote in message . .. Hi All; Does anyone have any old Suntour 5spd stupidly large range clusters (14-38 or 14-34) they'd like to sell me? I'm trying to do a rebuild of an early 80s touring bike I picked up recently? Cheers (and thanks!) Joel These guys have some 13 - 32 high quality freewheels ( clusters ) http://www.interlocracing.com/freewheels_steel.html If you can fit a 7 speed in you could use the Shimano megarange freewheels, these are quite cheap and easy to obtain and give a very large spread of gears, I am using one on my mountain bike it has 11 to 34 and is quite decent in quality. http://www.sheldonbrown.com/mega7/ http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-S...wheel-1240.htm |
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Joel Mayes wrote:
Hi All; Does anyone have any old Suntour 5spd stupidly large range clusters (14-38 or 14-34) they'd like to sell me? I'm trying to do a rebuild of an early 80s touring bike I picked up recently? The 38 didn't exist as far as I know and the 34 was close to as rare as hens teeth. Common clusters were (13)14(15)-28, 30/32 at best, but very hard to get. If I had one, the answer might be see my widow. {:-). To overcome this problem, I invested in TA cranks and started buying smaller front cogs. |
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Boostland wrote:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/mega7/ 1. if you use real grease in hubs, you don't get the tick...tick...tick, which makes it really good for frightening the bejsus out of people that you glide up on {;-). 2) what derailleur do you use with that 34 tooth? |
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Terryc wrote:
The 38 didn't exist as far as I know and the 34 was close to as rare as hens teeth. Common clusters were (13)14(15)-28, 30/32 at best, but very hard to get. I know Joel's after Suntour, but the Shimano 14, 17, 22, 28, 34 cluster was common on 10-speed bikes (with 40 and 52 chainwheels). If I had one, the answer might be see my widow. {:-). To overcome this problem, I invested in TA cranks and started buying smaller front cogs. I went for a Shimano 600 crankset (3 arm), and ran 34 & 50 chainwheels on the front, with a Suntour "long arm" rear derailleur. Shimano is just not the same. See http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hadland/page35.htm for those who want to know about Suntour. John |
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On 2007-04-14, Terryc wrote:
Joel Mayes wrote: Hi All; Does anyone have any old Suntour 5spd stupidly large range clusters (14-38 or 14-34) they'd like to sell me? I'm trying to do a rebuild of an early 80s touring bike I picked up recently? The 38 didn't exist as far as I know and the 34 was close to as rare as hens teeth. Common clusters were (13)14(15)-28, 30/32 at best, but very hard to get. I've wees at least two, at bicycle recycle places over the years (all before I wanted one damn it!) both times I had to stop and count the cogs twice. Cheers Joel |
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On 2007-04-14, Boostland wrote:
"Joel Mayes" wrote in message . .. Hi All; Does anyone have any old Suntour 5spd stupidly large range clusters (14-38 or 14-34) they'd like to sell me? I'm trying to do a rebuild of an early 80s touring bike I picked up recently? Cheers (and thanks!) Joel If you can fit a 7 speed in you could use the Shimano megarange freewheels, these are quite cheap and easy to obtain and give a very large spread of gears, I am using one on my mountain bike it has 11 to 34 and is quite decent in quality. Yeah I know about these, I don't like the 10 skip between the last two cogs. but thanks anyway. Cheers Joel |
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John Henderson wrote:
Terryc wrote: The 38 didn't exist as far as I know and the 34 was close to as rare as hens teeth. Common clusters were (13)14(15)-28, 30/32 at best, but very hard to get. I know Joel's after Suntour, but the Shimano 14, 17, 22, 28, 34 cluster was common on 10-speed bikes (with 40 and 52 chainwheels). What years and where was this available? If I had one, the answer might be see my widow. {:-). To overcome this problem, I invested in TA cranks and started buying smaller front cogs. I went for a Shimano 600 crankset (3 arm), and ran 34 & 50 chainwheels on the front, with a Suntour "long arm" rear derailleur. TA Stronglight triple, Top 56-40, middle 4?-36, bottom, 28 or 26. Shimano is just not the same. That was actually the problem with suntour. The name was sold at one stage and used t dump cheap junk. See http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hadland/page35.htm for those who want to know about Suntour. Unfortunately, he doesn't say when the 14-3? gears were actually first produced. I did find a 5 speed 14-30 Suntour in my bicycle cupboard, but it had so little use that it must have been a late emergency purchase, aka people had moved onto 6 speed 14-3x gears anyway.came out. I loved the line about Sun Tour front derailleur levers working the correct way. It is really hard to move away from them and gho backwarsd to other brands. Bing "In 1974, SunTour was making Perfect, Procompe, and Winner freewheels. The quality was uniformly high. Gear freaks could get a complete range of sprockets from 13 to 34." I basically started bicycle touring seriously in 1974, but I never saw any of the 14-34 clusters available around Sydney/Newcastle. Does anyone know if they were available in Australia then? None of my stuff from the 70's, Suntour and Shimano had any rear clusters over 28 teeth. Yes, I still have the boxes and demolished clusters. {:-). |
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Joel Mayes wrote:
I've wees at least two, at bicycle recycle places over the years (all before I wanted one damn it!) both times I had to stop and count the cogs twice. That explains a lot; Melbourne. |
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