Suntour 7 spd indexed

Another group member said:

Hello, I am trying to locate a 7 speed Cassette to suit Suntour
shifting system (Indexed). Can anyone help?

If you mean the old 7 speed system from the days of screw on gear
clusters...

Then I find that current 7-speed screw on cassettes to match Shimano pattern
work fine. I bought a Sachs 13-28 (probably old stock) recently for my
bike. My bike has the X-1 shifters which sit alongside the brake hoods on a
drop-bar (looking like giant paddles, or a bit like a bike with Kelly
Take-Off adaptors fitted).

I may have a worn genuine Suntour in the shed somewhere, if you really want
such a thing, I can look to see if its not been dumped in the last trip to
the metal recycling bin.

- Nigel

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Hello, I am trying to locate a 7 speed Cassette to suit Suntour shifting
system (Indexed). Can anyone help?
Best regards,
John.

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possibly! What were you looking for?

Julia

Hello,
I actually know the difference between Freewheels and Cassettes. I am
looking for a Cassette.
John.

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Quoted message said:

Another group member said:

Hello, I am trying to locate a 7 speed Cassette to suit Suntour
shifting system (Indexed). Can anyone help?

If you mean the old 7 speed system from the days of screw on gear
clusters...

Then I find that current 7-speed screw on cassettes to match Shimano
pattern work fine. I bought a Sachs 13-28 (probably old stock) recently
for my bike. My bike has the X-1 shifters which sit alongside the brake
hoods on a drop-bar (looking like giant paddles, or a bit like a bike with
Kelly Take-Off adaptors fitted).

I may have a worn genuine Suntour in the shed somewhere, if you really
want such a thing, I can look to see if its not been dumped in the last
trip to the metal recycling bin.

- Nigel

--
Nigel Cliffe,
Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/

Hello, Anything cassette wise and Suntour 7 speed. Prefer lower rather than
high gears. Also could do with a suitable Suntour indexing rear gear mech.
Regards,
John..........

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"Another group member" <[email hidden].> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hello, I am trying to locate a 7 speed Cassette to suit Suntour shifting
system (Indexed). Can anyone help?
Best regards,
John.

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http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/1170117

possibly! What were you looking for?

Julia

Another group member said:

Hello, Anything cassette wise and Suntour 7 speed. Prefer lower rather than
high gears. Also could do with a suitable Suntour indexing rear gear mech.
Regards,

I have a 7-speed Suntour derailler in the bits box, but it's not
exactly mint condition. (I also have a 7-speed Suntour cassette,
maybe a freewheel, but it's still attached to an old wheel, and
I don't really want to buy a Suntour-specific tool to remove it).

It's yours for the cost of postage if you want it. I've uploaded
a photo here:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jd.collins/images/suntour_mech.jpg

It's from an old MTB, and is marked "Suntour Accushift XCT". I
won't be offended if you say "no thanks"...!

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Rear mech welcome as it could be repainted to look OK. But only if rear cogs
are cassette and not Freewheel.
John.

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Quoted message said:

Another group member said:

Hello, Anything cassette wise and Suntour 7 speed. Prefer lower rather
than high gears. Also could do with a suitable Suntour indexing rear gear
mech.
Regards,

I have a 7-speed Suntour derailler in the bits box, but it's not
exactly mint condition. (I also have a 7-speed Suntour cassette,
maybe a freewheel, but it's still attached to an old wheel, and
I don't really want to buy a Suntour-specific tool to remove it).

It's yours for the cost of postage if you want it. I've uploaded
a photo here:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jd.collins/images/suntour_mech.jpg

It's from an old MTB, and is marked "Suntour Accushift XCT". I
won't be offended if you say "no thanks"...!

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jc

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Rear mech welcome as it could be repainted to look OK. But only if rear cogs
are cassette and not Freewheel.

Are you saying you only want the mech if my old wheel has a cassette on
it?

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Hello, Yes if the cassette matches the gear. If it is a screw on freewheel
it is a different job and will not fit to the cassette rear wheel I have.
Sorry.
John.

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Another group member said:

Rear mech welcome as it could be repainted to look OK. But only if rear
cogs are cassette and not Freewheel.

Are you saying you only want the mech if my old wheel has a cassette on
it?

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Hello, I am trying to locate a 7 speed Cassette to suit Suntour shifting
system (Indexed). Can anyone help?

Sounds like a shimano 7sp cassette would do you. Or is it that you've got a
suntour hub?

cheers,
clive

Its a Shimano hub with a Shimano mech but it wont index correctly unless I
have a Suntour mech and I am asuming a Suntour Casstte?
John

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Quoted message said:

Hello, I am trying to locate a 7 speed Cassette to suit Suntour shifting
system (Indexed). Can anyone help?

Sounds like a shimano 7sp cassette would do you. Or is it that you've got
a
suntour hub?

cheers,
clive

Another group member' . said:

Its a Shimano hub with a Shimano mech but it wont index
correctly unless I have a Suntour mech and I am asuming
a Suntour Casstte?

A Suntour cassette (from the Accushift era) won't fit on your Shimano hub -
the spline pattern is different, and the thread of the locking sprocket
doesn't match Shimano's Uniglide thread.

There are some details on Suntour cassette spacing here:

http://www.yellowjersey.org/stcass.html

It looks as though the indexing should be reasonable if you use a Shimano
cassette with Suntour mech and shifters - or find some Shimano shifters to
go with the Shimano mech.

James Thomson

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Hello, I am trying to locate a 7 speed Cassette to suit Suntour

shifting

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system (Indexed). Can anyone help?

Sounds like a shimano 7sp cassette would do you. Or is it that you've

got

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a
suntour hub?

Its a Shimano hub with a Shimano mech but it wont index correctly unless I
have a Suntour mech and I am asuming a Suntour Casstte?

Suntour spacing is the same as or close enough to shimano spacing, so a
shimano cassette will do. Which is fortunate as that's a wearing part, and
you can still get them.
(if you want to be closer, you could probably use 3 spacers from an 8 speed
cassette in the relevant position, but I don't know what position that is
:-) )

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/k7.html#spacing

(did suntour cassettes have the same spline pattern as shimano?)

cheers,
clive

James, Good to hear from you. I hope that you are well, and Paris is still
exciting!
The bike in question is not mine-I am the repairer. It has Suntour bar end
shifters which want to be kept. The rear Shimano wheel without a Cassette is
where the problem lies. The rear gear mech is Shimano too. If I were to fit
a Shimano cassette are you thinking that the indexing would be satisfactory?
All the best,
John.

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Quoted message said:

Another group member' . said:

Its a Shimano hub with a Shimano mech but it wont index
correctly unless I have a Suntour mech and I am asuming
a Suntour Casstte?

A Suntour cassette (from the Accushift era) won't fit on your Shimano
hub -
the spline pattern is different, and the thread of the locking sprocket
doesn't match Shimano's Uniglide thread.

There are some details on Suntour cassette spacing here:

http://www.yellowjersey.org/stcass.html

It looks as though the indexing should be reasonable if you use a Shimano
cassette with Suntour mech and shifters - or find some Shimano shifters to
go with the Shimano mech.

James Thomson

Another group member' . said:

James, Good to hear from you. I hope that you are well, and
Paris is still exciting!

En crêpe de Chine, comme un chagrin d'asphalte!

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The bike in question is not mine-I am the repairer. It has Suntour
bar end shifters which want to be kept. The rear Shimano wheel
without a Cassette is where the problem lies. The rear gear
mech is Shimano too. If I were to fit a Shimano cassette are you
thinking that the indexing would be satisfactory?

The simple answer is that I don't know - sorry. I do know that 8-speed
Suntour levers work well with Shimano derailleurs, but I don't know what
might have changed between 7 and 8.

I assume the levers have a friction option.

James Thomson

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The bike in question is not mine-I am the repairer. It has Suntour bar end
shifters which want to be kept. The rear Shimano wheel without a Cassette

is

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where the problem lies. The rear gear mech is Shimano too. If I were to

fit

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a Shimano cassette are you thinking that the indexing would be

satisfactory?

Suck it and see. If it's not, then you need to match the shifter to the
mech, ie either a shimano shifter or a suntour mech. Either way, the shimano
cassette will be fine, so there's nothing to be lost by just trying that
first.

(or you _could_ work out what distances the suntour shifter moves the
shimano mech between gears, and fettle a set of custom spacers to suit - but
I wouldn't bother!)

cheers,
clive