Originally Posted by
jdawginsc
I'm surprised at the rust on the GPX...or maybe it is just grime. It would be interesting to see that bike cleaned up and see what the GPX looked like. I always felt it was like Sante, and very unattractive other than the allen bolt centering bolt...which was also cool on the Modolos...
Some people swear by GPX, but I was a Suntour guy and always loved Arx, plus Superbe and Cyclone stuff from afar.
Ole was the Sante equivalent, down to the accent and white painting on the components. GPX was 105 level (third in the normal hierarchy) below Sprint 9000 and Superbe Pro. A 1989 Cannondale SR700 came equipped with GPX (SR600 was 105), and I built one with that. Cool fact: 7 clicks on that right shifter (Accushift Plus era) which means, at 5.0mm spacing (standard 7-speed), you could shift 8 gears. Basically, you could run a Campy 8-speed cassette without issue. I took an 11-speed wheelset and made a 'custom' 8-speed Shimano cassette. Worked great.
Accushift Plus-era Suntour had really nice components/groupsets IMO. It may have been too late, but they looked good and worked well.