That was the same site I just bought a new Suntour Sprint rear derailleur from for my '91 RB-1. Here is a pic of the finished bike. I think I read Grant say this was his favorite year and color RB-1.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37347...@n05/4632950683/ ~Mike~ On May 27, 1:35 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Small update. I got my box of four sets of shifters this morning. So > now I'm stocked for life. Mike (the seller) thanked me for referring > several of you his way. I guess he has a webstore also. The other > interesting items he has is ultra wide range 7 speed suntour > freewheels. Although I can't say I'm super impressed by the pricing, > the fact that he has them and they are new is something. His website > iswww.bikestash.com. > > On May 25, 2:05 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Michael > > > It was the Suntour LD-4850 that I bought. Retrofriction only, like > > the Silvers. > > > The seller's ebay handle is ginchm, and I was very pleased with my > > purchases. > > > He doesn't appear to have any items listed right now, but you can > > still send him a message through ebay and tell him what your needs > > are. > > > Good luck! > > > Bill > > > On May 25, 1:43 pm, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > > > > which model no. is it - Suntour Model: LD-4850? I picked up a new > > > pair a while ago for about $15. still waiting for a project. > > > > The shifters I put on my new RB-1 Project are the Suntour SL model SL- > > > SL00-B which do indexing and friction. circa '91-94. > > > I'm very happy with these so far. > > > > And I think the LD 4850 model is what Dia Compe copied to make the > > > Silver Shifter sold today. > > > > ~Mike~ > > > > On May 25, 12:08 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I like my Silver shifters a lot. They appear to me to be exact copies > > > > of Suntour Sprint shifters from the mid 80's. As I've been setting up > > > > a couple bikes, I had the motivation to search for the Suntour > > > > originals. On ebay, there are sellers that have them 'Buy it now' for > > > > $60 - $80. Then I found this guy who was auctioning a set starting at > > > > $14.99 new in box. I bid and won at $20 + shipping. I got them in > > > > the mail and they are brand new, like time capsule from 1983. > > > > Perfecto. I saw the same seller list them again, so I asked him if > > > > he'd give me a deal on a few more, and he agreed to sell 4 more pair > > > > to me for $80 shipped. He said he had to 'open up another case' to > > > > get the fourth set. So, the guy seems to have a lot of these > > > > completely new, Suntour Sprint retro-friction downtube shifters, which > > > > work perfectly on barcon adapters. If anyone wants to contact him and > > > > get some, let me know. I'm stocked for life now.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
