Re: [CR]Sedis Chain Dating

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Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 07:26:29 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Sedis Chain Dating
References: <200503260748.XAA08236@cascade.cs.ubc.ca> <42452FAE.23A2153F@earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <42452FAE.23A2153F@earthlink.net>


Chuck Schmidt wrote:
> Donald Gillies wrote:
>
>>Suntour Winner freewheels were
>>introduced in 1975, according to Andrew Muzi, and I believe that Sedis
>>introduced Sedisport chains to work with Winner Ultra freewheels.
> Sedis, a French company, introduced their innovative bushless Sedisport
> chain to work with SunTour, a Japanese company, SunTour's freewheels?

Yup. When SunTour introduced their "Ultra-6" narrow-spaced freewheel design normal chains would no longer work. SunTour offered a narrow chain, but Sedis wanted a cut of the action as well.

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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA