[CR]Re: SunTour, better or first?

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From: <WheelsbyKC@cs.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Re: SunTour, better or first?
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 14:11:39 EDT

The thing that made SunTour better was the slant-pantigraph design for which they held the patent. The slant followed the contour of the cogs, keeping the jockey pulley a constant distance from the cog for faster more consistent shifts. When the patent ran out, Shimano jumped in with a flock of better working slant panti derailers. Suntour went from the top to insolvency just over a decade later.

Kevin Casey
Championship Wheels
Encino Cyclery