On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 15:57 -0800, RonaTD wrote: > > On Jan 26, 8:28 am, GeorgeS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I have a Suntor Crane GS and a Suntor Cyclone. Will either of these > > > work with a modern 9-speed cassette? > > Isn't that a Shimano Crane?
Yes, Crane was early Shimano, not SunTour. The contemporary SunTour offering was the VGT, and it was MUCH better than the Crane GS. Given the improvement in the Shimano derailleurs since the big redesign in the mid 80s, I can't imagine why you'd want to use a Crane GS today on a modern cassette. It'd be a lot like using an Allvit, I'd think. > > The lateral throw is questionable, but only experimenting will tell > you for sure. Of course, you can always just remove the cog(s) that > can't be reached and replace them with spacer(s). Bear in mind that a > 9-speed cassette is designed to fit roughly into the same space as an > 8-speed, both of which are designed to fill more space than a typical > 7-speed. So, yeah, if a derailler is at its max throw crossing a 7- > speed, then it probably won't make one more cog. > > The last couple of days I've been trying to determine a related > question: can a Suntour indexed shifter/derailler combo work in > indexed mode on a modern cassette? As near as I can tell, it should > work with a Campgnolo 8-speed cassette that's been modified to use > slightly thinner spacers between the big cogs, or a Shimano with > slightly thicker spacers between the small cogs. Of course, if your > shifter is 7-speed, you'll only get to use 7 of the 8 cogs. What I'll > be curious to see is whether flipping the shifter to friction mode > will get you the last cog. But WHY? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
