Ah, GVP has it--they weren't called Microlite that
long ago and had mostly aluminum cogs. Same era as
Zeus's alloy fwhl.
David Feldman
Vancouver, WA
> The first Suntour Winner with aluminum cogs preceded
> the Microlite by quite a few years IIRC.
>
> They were just early steel Winner bodies (the ones
> that adjust from the rear side, with unique five-
> and six-speed bodies) with silver aluminum cogs I
> believe. The cogs were certainly light, but very
> soft. As a certified alloy freewheel nerd, I have a
> couple NOS ones (one 5-speed, and one six-speed). No
> Titanium involved as far as I know.
>
> Does anyone remember the Regina Extra Record from
> the mid-'70s that had silver aluminum cogs? The
> Regina Titanio was way cool too - I'm still looking
> for NOS Regina Titanium chains to go with mine if
> anyone has any FS....
>
> I remember chuckling at a blurb in Buycycling
> Magazine in the early 1990s when they showcased the
> then-new Regina America Superleggera as "Regina's
> first ever aluminum-cogged freewheel." Yeah,
> right....
>
> Could we come up with an "Al/Ti/Mg exotic freewheel"
> list and timeline perhaps? Hmmm....
>
> (There were many, from Suntour, Regina, Everest,
> Maillard, Zeus, Campagnolo, Cyclo, etc.). Any other
> brands that anyone can think of?
>
> Greg "dig those crazy old alloy and ti freewheels"
> Parker
> Ann Arbor, Michigan
>
>
> Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 08:30:52 -0700 (PDT)
> From: David Feldman <feldmanbike@yahoo.com>
> To: First Flight Bicycles
> <jeff@firstflightbikes.com>,
> classic list <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Subject: Re: [CR]Suntour Titanium freewheel
>
>
> John J. had it all right on these--they were called
> "Microlite." One other thing was that thhe body
> assembled and adjusted very differently from other
> Winner series freewheel body. The adjusting cone
> was
> at the back (hub-facing side) of the freewheel body
> and pressure from the cogs was the locking
> mechanism.
> I think the body did have some non-steel parts.
> David Feldman
> Vancouver, WA
> --- First Flight Bicycles
> <jeff@firstflightbikes.com>
> wrote:
> > We had a customer contact us about a Suntour
> > titanium freewheel that he
> > bought in 1973 or 1974. I had never heard of it
> > before, does anyone know
> > anything about them?
> > Thanks
> > Jeff Archer
> > First Flight Bicycles
> > 216 S. Center St.
> > Statesville, NC 28677
> > 704.878.9683
> > jeff@firstflightbikes.com
> > http://www.firstflightbikes.com
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