Nice one, Pancake. Dang, those mechs are wild. Looks like the smallest pulley wheel isn't engaged in this position?
On Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 10:26:37 AM UTC-4 Pancake wrote: > [image: D7524129-0A85-4CDF-8977-5CB6316AF1EA.jpeg]Built up a Nishiki Bel > Air for my dad as a grocery getter … including the triple pulley read > derailer: > > On Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 3:58:36 AM UTC-7 J J wrote: > >> [image: SunTour 3 pulley system.jpg] >> >> A few months ago I saw a SunTour XC triple pulley RD for the first time. >> Pictured >> here. It was on an old mountain bike that hangs high on a wall in a DC >> bike shop. I was confused and intrigued. The extremely ornery, loud, and >> hilarious shop foreman, who was helping a customer, noticed me staring at >> it. He said, “Cool, huh?” >> >> I nodded and pointed to the XC. “It has three….?” >> >> Shouting over the customer the mechanic said: “Exactly, bro. Three. A >> triple. It’s wild. That was my daily ride since forever. But you see the >> seat tube? Some asshole took a crowbar to the lock and crushed it. Couldn’t >> even steal it properly. It’s too far gone to repair. So I hung it for >> posterity. And before you ask, no, I will not sell you that derailleur.” >> Then he turned back to the customer. >> On Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 6:56:36 PM UTC-4 Garth wrote: >> >>> I'd buy one of those cool looking Suntour Rd's any day ! Man I miss >>> Suntour stuff. I have no need or desire for a reverse direction RD though. >>> On Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 5:46:37 PM UTC-4 Luke Hendrickson >>> wrote: >>> >>>> It’s super cool! >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 6:20:03 AM UTC-7 eric...@gmail.com >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Wow, Luke, I've never seen one of those. I had to check out Disraeli >>>>> Gears >>>>> <https://www.disraeligears.co.uk/site/suntour_xc_derailleur_3_pulley_system.html>for >>>>> >>>>> more info. >>>>> >>>>> "So what in heaven’s name is this? SunTour were wrestling with the >>>>> demands of the new mountain bikes, with their triple chainsets and huge >>>>> gear capacities. They hated the very long pulley cages, which had limited >>>>> ground clearance and irritating chain slap - so they invented the ‘3 >>>>> Pulley >>>>> System’. With one brilliant stroke it gave huge capacity with a >>>>> relatively >>>>> short cage. Ground clearance was restored, chain slap minimised. >>>>> >>>>> Fantastic - except for the fact that it looked so weird that, as you >>>>> cycled by, dogs barked, babies cried and your friends laughed. At you, >>>>> not >>>>> with you. Sales were lamentably low." >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 2:14:50 AM UTC-4 Luke Hendrickson >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> [image: 40650634-AA3B-48BE-A3F3-09AC3632AB79.jpeg] >>>>>> >>>>>> I shall most likely be buying this as my friend (Jim of Merry Sales) >>>>>> is involved, I want to support Riv, and this will officially be the only >>>>>> good-looking contemporary rd made. That said, I happen to love what I’m >>>>>> running rn: a three pulley Suntour XC from about 1986. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 1:40:59 PM UTC-7 J J wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks for sending the excerpts, Eric! Super interesting to read >>>>>>> Grant’s thoughts so early on. That was the seed that led to him to >>>>>>> the wild idea of designing and then manufacturing his own low normal >>>>>>> RDs. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 4:10:07 PM UTC-4 eric...@gmail.com >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I was reading some Rivendell Readers this weekend and encountered a >>>>>>>> few mentions of Rapid Rise mechs. Interesting to see Grant's takes >>>>>>>> when >>>>>>>> Rapid Rise was new and in production. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> These are from RR 33 (Fall 2004) and RR 22 (Winter 2001). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [image: IMG_2712 2.jpg] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [image: IMG_2711 2.jpg] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1c0ea4df-9b99-43aa-afb3-8119bfda0649n%40googlegroups.com.
