SunTour Derailleurs I Own Right Now

[ridelover9941]

Right now, I have five SunTour rear derailleurs in my collection so far. I'm working on trying to add more. I have a V Luxe, two Vx, Cyclone standard (black), Cyclone 6000, and Cyclone 7000. I am working on getting more in my parts collection.

 

[midlife]

Aim high..... Sugino 75

 

[Globalti]

Have you got any Suntour XC Pro thumbshifters? They're lovely.

 

[Old jon]

Coooo! I think I have them on my Caloi. Never seen either before.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Still working on getting this one all polished, still has a little rouge and a little rust on it, then it returns to the otherwise all Campagnolo Corso.

Suntour Honor, 1970's.

 

[Alan O]

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Still working on getting this one all polished, still has a little rouge and a little rust on it, then it returns to the otherwise all Campagnolo Corso.

Suntour Honor, 1970's.

That's nice - should clean up just fine.

 

[Rockn Robin]

Right now, I have five SunTour rear derailleurs in my collection so far. I'm working on trying to add more. I have a V Luxe, two Vx, Cyclone standard (black), Cyclone 6000, and Cyclone 7000. I am working on getting more in my parts collection.

A number of years ago I had a SunTour derailleur on a mountain bike. It worked very well. Never had to get it adjusted. I haven't seen any on the newer bikes today. Are they still in business?

 

[Alan O]

A number of years ago I had a SunTour derailleur on a mountain bike. It worked very well. Never had to get it adjusted. I haven't seen any on the newer bikes today. Are they still in business?

"SunTour (Maeda) was the most important Japanese manufacturer of bicycle components based in Osaka until 1988, when Sakae Ringyo Company (abbreviated S.R.), a major Japanese maker of aluminum parts, particularly cranks and seat posts, bought what was left of the bankrupt SunTour, and the combined companies are now known as SR-SunTour. SunTour reached a zenith of sales and commercial success from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SunTour

Reading further on, it looks like SR really only bought the name. So no, the SunTour that we knew and loved is no more.

 

[midlife]

"SunTour (Maeda) was the most important Japanese manufacturer of bicycle components based in Osaka until 1988, when Sakae Ringyo Company (abbreviated S.R.), a major Japanese maker of aluminum parts, particularly cranks and seat posts, bought what was left of the bankrupt SunTour, and the combined companies are now known as SR-SunTour. SunTour reached a zenith of sales and commercial success from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SunTour

Reading further on, it looks like SR really only bought the name. So no, the SunTour that we knew and loved is no more.

Its not surprising Sun Tour went west..... There's a good write up on the Internet somewhere explaining how it all went wrong.

 

[Globalti]

Didn't they spend all their money developing a superb professional group set, which they priced too cheap and which nobody beloved could be any good, so it flopped?

 

[Rockn Robin]

"SunTour (Maeda) was the most important Japanese manufacturer of bicycle components based in Osaka until 1988, when Sakae Ringyo Company (abbreviated S.R.), a major Japanese maker of aluminum parts, particularly cranks and seat posts, bought what was left of the bankrupt SunTour, and the combined companies are now known as SR-SunTour. SunTour reached a zenith of sales and commercial success from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SunTour

Reading further on, it looks like SR really only bought the name. So no, the SunTour that we knew and loved is no more.

Sad to see them go. They did indeed make good gear.

 

[Alan O]

Its not surprising Sun Tour went west..... There's a good write up on the Internet somewhere explaining how it all went wrong.

This is an interesting read - https://web.archive.org/web/20081205181751/http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hadland/page35.htm

 

[midlife]

This is an interesting read - https://web.archive.org/web/20081205181751/http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hadland/page35.htm

That's the one

 

[Justinitus]

Interesting and enjoyable read

 

[8mph]

I have Accushift bar end shifters, XC pro hubs and 7 speed freewheel on my touring bike. The derailleur is Shimano XT however.