SunTour Superbe Pro 6/Power Ratchet Shifters

[Gun_man]

> anybody know if either of these settings will
> index a Shimano six speed freewheel?

No.....except in friction.

[Mark McMaster]

green...@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> I just purchased some NOS SunTour Superbe Pro
> 6/Power Ratchet Shifters. I didn't get any
> instructions or data. I would like to know what
> the three settings, "UL", "P", and "RE" on these
> shifters mean. The "P" setting is pure friction,
> while "UL" and "RE" seem to index. Also, does

> anybody know if either of these settings will
> index a Shimano six speed freewheel?

"UL" is for Suntours narrow spaced "Ultra" freewheels and "RE" is for
regular spaced freewheels. The Ultra freewheels fit 6 cogs into the
width of a standard 5spd and 7 cogs into the width of a standard 6spd.
"P" isn't purely friction, but is Suntour's "Powercam" ratcheted shift
lever (ratchets when pulling against the derailleur spring, friction
when going with the derailleur spring). Sorry, I don't know if a
Suntour 6spd indexing system will work with a Shimano 6spd freewheel.

Mark McMaster
MMc...@ix.entcom.com

[green...@my-deja.com]

I just purchased some NOS SunTour Superbe Pro
6/Power Ratchet Shifters. I didn't get any
instructions or data. I would like to know what
the three settings, "UL", "P", and "RE" on these
shifters mean. The "P" setting is pure friction,
while "UL" and "RE" seem to index. Also, does
anybody know if either of these settings will
index a Shimano six speed freewheel?

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[Joshua_Putnam]

In <7pd6fs$2fq$1...@nnrp1.deja.com> green...@my-deja.com writes:

>I just purchased some NOS SunTour Superbe Pro
>6/Power Ratchet Shifters. I didn't get any
>instructions or data. I would like to know what
>the three settings, "UL", "P", and "RE" on these
>shifters mean. The "P" setting is pure friction,
>while "UL" and "RE" seem to index. Also, does
>anybody know if either of these settings will
>index a Shimano six speed freewheel?

UL is Ultra, the narrow spacing used first on Ultra 6 freewheels,
and later on all Suntour 7 and 8 speed setups. It's close enough
to Shimano narrow spacing that it will usually index with Shimano
freewheels.

RE is regular spacing, for 6 speed freewheels with the same
spacing as 5 speed freewheels.

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[Nick Payne]

On the RE setting it will index a Shimano or Sachs 6-speed freewheel. I have this setup on a tandem - Suntour 6-speed levers and XC
Pro derailleur with a Shimano 13-32 6-speed freewheel.

Nick

[green...@my-deja.com]

FYI. I mounted the shifters and they index my
mid-eighties Shimano six speed freewheel and rear
derailleur in the "UL" position. It's just a
little sluggish coming off of the largest rear cog
(28T) when on the largest (52T) front chainring,
which is a silly gear anyway! By the way these old
SunTour shifters are really slick, even in the "P"
Power Ratchet friction mode. In case anybody else
out there is interested, Rivendell Bicycle Works still
has some of these classic shifters. Their web address is
http://www.rivendellbicycles.com/

In article <7pd6fs$2fq$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,

green...@my-deja.com wrote:
> I just purchased some NOS SunTour Superbe Pro
> 6/Power Ratchet Shifters. I didn't get any
> instructions or data. I would like to know what
> the three settings, "UL", "P", and "RE" on these
> shifters mean. The "P" setting is pure friction,
> while "UL" and "RE" seem to index. Also, does
> anybody know if either of these settings will
> index a Shimano six speed freewheel?
>