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Originally Posted by abellanti
(Post 20824506)
I would love to have one of his complete bikes.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/PASSONI-PRI...wAAOSwdd5c98gY |
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https://i.pinimg.com/236x/d7/c1/99/d...components.jpg "A hand-made gadget by a certain Japanese enthusiast." Stronglight 49 crankarms with spoked-wheel spider armature, made of thin spokes (1.2mm diameter), with 51- and 45-tooth Simplex chainrings, on a custom Toei bike |
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Campagnolo Electa pneumatic saddle. A friend of mine had one, didn't like it, sold it for very good money. |
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https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...d624ac7fa1.jpg
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...14083a6d2f.jpg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...cc342c4644.jpg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...a966a2e59a.jpg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...ff1828dbf9.jpg Forgot I even had this. Got it from eBay after seeing it languish for a very long time with no buyers. Look like it was never mounted or used on a bike. It's a very unique saddle that has a thick Cordura cover stretched over a plastic cantle and adjustable nose piece (with a tension bolt through the nose) with reinforcing woven nylon straps under the cover. There are also partial side shells to give the saddle shape and clearance for one.s legs, but just Cordura material and the under straps at the top. Works with tension just like a leather Brooks saddle. No idea who made it and where it came from and when. I suspect from the late 80's or early 90's from the style/shape of the saddle. Only markings on it are the letters PHO, molded on to the back of the cantle. Although I was thinking of using it on one of my C&V CF bikes mostly because of the woven Cordura texture that is similar to CF weave, I don't think I'll ever use it after all as I'm not sure if it might be able to still hold up any rider weight securely, but it's just a very interesting component to look at. |
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[MENTION=22396]Wildwood[/MENTION] The company is "Thun" (Germany/Ennepetal) and is still around. The "Coronado" was found on midrange sports bikes and, sometimes, inexpensive racers. It is quite notorious for being super-soft and to be very easy to bend.
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Originally Posted by Chombi1
(Post 21157594)
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...d624ac7fa1.jpg
... It's a very unique saddle that has a thick Cordura cover stretched over a plastic cantle and adjustable nose piece (with a tension bolt through the nose) with reinforcing woven nylon straps under the cover.... |
Originally Posted by Salamandrine
(Post 20839652)
OK, I give up. That's a stumper. What is the purpose of this 3 part water bottle? I'm thinking it isn't supposed to be used for water....
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Originally Posted by martl
(Post 21159100)
[MENTION=22396]Wildwood[/MENTION] The company is "Thun" (Germany/Ennepetal) and is still around. The "Coronado" was found on midrange sports bikes and, sometimes, inexpensive racers. It is quite notorious for being super-soft and to be very easy to bend.
It is currently on a bike dedicated to 'light riding' days on a Frejus with the notoriously short top tube. Almost went on an AD Vent Noir, for aesthetic reasons, but I decided a shiny Stronglight would be a better choice for that bike. And with your input, it will not go on a black Holdsworth Special in the future. If my nearly 70yo legs bend/break it - would be a first - I will report on the 'accomplishment'. :D https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...d952a2fbc.jpeg |
Originally Posted by Wildwood
(Post 21159334)
Well no wonder I never found any info.
It is currently on a bike dedicated to 'light riding' days on a Frejus with the notoriously short top tube. Almost went on an AD Vent Noir, for aesthetic reasons, but I decided a shiny Stronglight would be a better choice for that bike. And with your input, it will not go on a black Holdsworth Special in the future. If my nearly 70yo legs bend/break it - would be a first - I will report on the 'accomplishment'. :D As for the quality, the spider is just pressed on and also has a reputation of coming lose. Not exactly a masterpiece of german engineering... |
'Stepping' into the modern era, circa 1995 from Norway, we present a one way rotational pedal. :foo:
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Although these are labeled Suntour, they are also labeled as Pederson Self Energizing System brake calipers. Pederson sold his design to Suntour after introducing them to the market. You don't see them around much but they work well on a tandem. As the pads engage the rim, the caliper moves forward on a screw to increase the pressure. Originally there were front brakes too but Suntour didn't want to deal with the liability of the brakes not releasing or locking the front wheel. They are a challenge to set up but once they are set up right, they do perform well.
https://live.staticflickr.com/7327/1...2f6e9b7b_k.jpg P1010340, on Flickr |
Reviving this thread in hopes of more additions. Love all the oddities!
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Originally Posted by Wildwood
(Post 21157978)
https://www.velobase.com/CompImages/...01EDFAEC8.jpeg VeloBase.com - Component: Ofmega Forgiato (cotter-less) |
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I rode one of those once, on about a 3mi commute home. For the first 3-4 blocks I was convinced it was the best saddle I had every ridden. Then it started to get weird, and my keyster and my brain started sending mixed messages back and forth. For the last mile I had to ride standing up because sitting on it any more was unbearable.
But definite cool-factor points.
Originally Posted by Drillium Dude
(Post 21718246)
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IIRC it was a licensing deal, not a purchase. Pedersen got a percentage of sold units, can't remember if there was a disastrous minimum fee like with WTB products. They went into production at a time when Suntour spec market share was rapidly shrinking, so not many were sold.
They worked pretty nicely as rear brakes, but were a lockup liability nightmare for the front.
Originally Posted by SJX426
(Post 21163390)
Although these are labeled Suntour, they are also labeled as Pederson Self Energizing System brake calipers. Pederson sold his design to Suntour after introducing them to the market. You don't see them around much but they work well on a tandem. As the pads engage the rim, the caliper moves forward on a screw to increase the pressure. Originally there were front brakes too but Suntour didn't want to deal with the liability of the brakes not releasing or locking the front wheel. They are a challenge to set up but once they are set up right, they do perform well.
https://live.staticflickr.com/7327/1...2f6e9b7b_k.jpg P1010340, on Flickr |
Gee, and there I was thinking I'd live the rest of my life in a happy place, without ever seeing another one of these again.
The amount of money and engineering-/production-hours thrown at the BEAST was incredible. The degree of precision necessary to get those shift gates to work properly, especially in an off-road environment, went way beyond expectations, and beyond Suntour's/Browning's ability to deliver product. Lots of angry customers, lots of cancelled orders with angry customers scrambling to find replacement cranks so production schedules wouldn't fall farther behind. There was talk back then of being able to potentially harness all the hot new computer/electronic technology to make it an autoshifting system.
Originally Posted by hazetguy
(Post 20862279)
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This is something I rescued at Suntour before it went into the dumpster. Both the thing itself and the company.....
I've never been able to figure out if was an internal design exercise, or a submission from an inventor, or what? Looks vaguely Bivalent-ish, but the end of the bushing that fits into the freewheel has an eccentic inner surface. And the qr/skewer thingie's handle kinda looks like somebody just squished some tubing in a vise. The splined section on the drive side of the hub looks homebuilt and pressfit. Normally this thread would make me want to dig it out and play with it, but I can't remember where it might be hiding these days. More pix here: https://www.flickr.com/gp/26383479@N04/24v251 https://live.staticflickr.com/7004/1...2fdde108_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/3777/1...7662a55a_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/3789/1...546539d4_b.jpg |
Originally Posted by crank_addict
(Post 20822725)
Or admittedly cosmetic? |
Originally Posted by Chombi1
(Post 20826345)
Somebody should post a pic if a Weinmann Turbo coiled cable/screw actuated or a Magura hydraulic caliper brakeset that they own....
Those are definitely esoteric stuff.. |
I miss PCB.
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Originally Posted by SJX426
(Post 21163390)
Although these are labeled Suntour, they are also labeled as Pederson Self Energizing System brake calipers. Pederson sold his design to Suntour after introducing them to the market. You don't see them around much but they work well on a tandem. As the pads engage the rim, the caliper moves forward on a screw to increase the pressure. Originally there were front brakes too but Suntour didn't want to deal with the liability of the brakes not releasing or locking the front wheel. They are a challenge to set up but once they are set up right, they do perform well.
https://live.staticflickr.com/7327/1...2f6e9b7b_k.jpg P1010340, on Flickr (Also, I've since been able to fix that upside-down knurled adjuster on the Odyssey Straddle rods). https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...d7829c2003.jpg |
Fender eyebolt screws, a wide variety of which were designed in Japan in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Originally Posted by HeikoS69
(Post 23368169)
Fender eyebolt screws, a wide variety of which were designed in Japan in the 1970s and 1980s.
Full resolution: https://www.flickr.com/photos/414206...posted-public/ https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...0402810a_z.jpg |
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