Suntour back in business..
10-02-13, 12:29 PM
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The "new Suntour" does not have Suntour in the name.
It's SunXCD.
I think that's going to cause problems because the Suntour name is now associated with low end equipment. Saying "Suntour is back" is going to confuse SunXCD with Suntour- even with bike store employees.
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10-02-13, 12:31 PM
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I purchased this new SR Suntour Superbe triple crankset on ebay this summer for about $50. It operated perfectly with fast shifts due to the ramped and pinned chainrings. The 52, 42 & 30 chainrings are just what I wanted with my 13-24 freewheel. It takes a 8-speed chain well.
SunXCD is not SR Suntour.
SunXCD is the company of people that used to be Suntour
SR Suntour bought the Suntour name.
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10-02-13, 05:01 PM
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No.
The "new Suntour" does not have Suntour in the name.
It's SunXCD.
I think that's going to cause problems because the Suntour name is now associated with low end equipment. Saying "Suntour is back" is going to confuse SunXCD with Suntour- even with bike store employees.
The "new Suntour" does not have Suntour in the name.
It's SunXCD.
I think that's going to cause problems because the Suntour name is now associated with low end equipment. Saying "Suntour is back" is going to confuse SunXCD with Suntour- even with bike store employees.
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10-02-13, 09:33 PM
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Sorry, my bad. Pronoun confusion.
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10-04-13, 10:07 PM
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10-04-13, 10:42 PM
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Y'know, none of this should be surprising at all, as most of the other JEX group manufacturers are back in action; some never really left. It seems unlikely, but you'd think they would make a touring specific group: long-cage RD, bottom pull non-stepped triple-compat FD, big-azzed cassette, friction barcons (the microshift thing is already in place) to fill the void Shimano inadvertently left open with this dyna-sys garbage.
Sign me up if they ever make those awesome RDs with the three pulleys again:
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10-05-13, 01:46 AM
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I like those freewheel hubs! I wonder if they come in 126 and wonder if they cost about a million dollars. The page in the link listing their distributors is messed up at the moment so I also wonder how their quality control is nowadays.
https://suzueltd.com/suzue_freewheel.html
https://suzueltd.com/suzue_freewheel.html
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10-05-13, 04:36 AM
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Yes, they come in 126mm, in 32 or 36h. Somafab sells them for $130 rear, and a matched front for $120 more. I don't have a pair, but by all accounts, they're nice hubs.
10-05-13, 06:29 AM
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Y'know, none of this should be surprising at all, as most of the other JEX group manufacturers are back in action; some never really left. It seems unlikely, but you'd think they would make a touring specific group: long-cage RD, bottom pull non-stepped triple-compat FD, big-azzed cassette, friction barcons (the microshift thing is already in place) to fill the void Shimano inadvertently left open with this dyna-sys garbage.
Sign me up if they ever make those awesome RDs with the three pulleys again:
Sign me up if they ever make those awesome RDs with the three pulleys again:
10-05-13, 06:52 AM
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Cartridge bearings and titanium axles?? You can buy a set of decent Shimano wheels for that much or less?,,,,BD
