Classic & Vintage - Looking for a late 70's Suntour Cyclone der.

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Bikedued
10-12-06, 10:51 PM
Can anyone help me out? I have the front one, but sold the rear on a bike like a big dummy. This is like
the ones on Schwinn Continental in the late 70's. Like the pic, but has a hanger.,,,,BD

Please help, if you have one you can spare. Hopefully not too corroded, and lettering scratched off....

John E
10-13-06, 08:17 AM
Do you want wide-range or narrow?
Bikedued
10-13-06, 09:55 AM
5-6 speed, so I imagine narrow? Not many 7-8-9 speeds in my garage.,,,,BD

tolfan
10-13-06, 10:24 AM
I will check the basement
cudak888
10-13-06, 11:41 AM
Can anyone help me out? I have the front one, but sold the rear on a bike like a big dummy. This is like
the ones on Schwinn Continental in the late 70's. Like the pic, but has a hanger.,,,,BD

Please help, if you have one you can spare. Hopefully not too corroded, and lettering scratched off....

The one in the photo is mid-'80s, and was never used on the Schwinn Continental, Miguel - the Conti used either the Schwinn-approved Huret Alvit or the Schwinn Approved GT-500 (whoever made that).

Take care,

-Kurt
poopncow
10-13-06, 11:50 AM
The pix is of a later model, the mid 70's Cyclone rear is a beauty, can take the chain off the deraileur without unbolting anything ... the cages are very art deco

anyone has a clamp on Front? with built in cable housing stop? the outside plate on mine is worned thru :( (not my doing)
cyclotoine
10-13-06, 12:17 PM
My front cyclone clamp was broken when I got the bike (i was sad) now I have a newer cyclone MK II in place which looks kinf of funny compared to the 80 or 81 rear (no I will not part with it). I have a 1975 first gen cyclone rear that I was very excited about with black annodising etc... however when I put it on the bike and went for a ride the performance was garbage, the reason, the spring is shot... I am not trying to tease but I will be keeping that one as a collectable as well. My one critisism (sp?) of the early cyclone is the weak spring. My 81 spring is weak but it still shifts okay. Doesn't compare to a campy spring, that's for sure.
poopncow
10-13-06, 12:31 PM
re weak spring - have you tried taking the limit pin off the cage and spinning the whole cage around a turn? worked great for me
cudak888
10-13-06, 12:36 PM
re weak spring - have you tried taking the limit pin off the cage and spinning the whole cage around a turn? worked great for me

I think he means the parallelogram spring, not the pulley-cage spring.

-Kurt
cyclotoine
10-13-06, 12:46 PM
I think he means the parallelogram spring, not the pulley-cage spring.

-Kurt

Thanks. Yes I do.
poopncow
10-13-06, 01:15 PM
Oops, hope it looks good on your display case :)