Suntour did not go to sleep, but they did get outspent, and did not have the resources and or access to capital to catch up and innovate fast enough, I think they knew fully that the clock was ticking on the slant parallelogram patent.

Schwinn's troubles can perhaps be pointed to way before the "Bike Boom". Way before I started work at a long established shop, like in 1960. Schwinn sent over the big brass to find out why this dealer was not selling adult bikes save some middleweights and the Paramount. They were told politely that Schwinn did not make a serious adult bike below the Paramount, the Schwinn guys did not beleive it, even took offense. The shop was soon no longer selling Schwinn. They felt they could sell the adult bikes to reckless youth, but that was not the world view of the shop.