Here is the English catalog of Suntour in 1975. Suntour has a lot of fan even now.
The company name in Japanese was Maeda Kogyo.
The catalog was issued at the time of announcing the first Cyclone front and rear derailleur and an aluminum free-wheel Winner in the previous year, and Suntour had begun to follow the way to the high-class parts maker.
I myself also selected Cyclone for Katakura Silk road-racing bicycle which was my first custom-made bicycle.
I still keep them preciously.
Rear derailleur V-luxe and V-GT, front derailleur Spurt and Compe-V, light-pulled power lever, perfect free-wheel were used for a lot of mass-production sports bicycle.
So those of parts must be familiar to a number of people.
Three speeds flash type free and interior hub were nostalgic.
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