Re: [CR]Large cog rating for a Suntour Superbe Pro rear derailleur

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:54:51 +0100 (BST)
From: "Michael Butler" <pariscycles@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [CR]Large cog rating for a Suntour Superbe Pro rear derailleur
To: Tom Sanders <tsan7759142@comcast.net>
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cc: CR Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Tom, Suntour Superbe Pro rear derailleur model number RD-3100 circa 1981 had a capacity of 22 teeth total difference, front 12T, rear 13T-23T = 10T. Hope this helps. Best wishes Mick B. Huntingdon UK.


--- Tom Sanders wrote:


> Can anyone tell me how large a freewheel cog a
> Suntour Superbe Pro will
> handle comfortably? At that time the Super Records
> would handle 28, but
> with a little difficulty (I think the extra chain
> was the culprit, but my
> setups were never satisfactory with this
> combination). Was the Suntour a
> little more forgiving of such a large freewheel cog?
> I'd rather have a
> little less gearing than compromise the performance
> of the shifting.
> Tom Sanders
> Lansing, Mi
>
>
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Thats all for now. Keep those wheels spinning, in your memories if not still on the road. Be lucky Mick Butler Huntingdon UK.

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