Yes!!! It looks wonderful. How’re you liking the action/shifting? On Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 3:15:49 PM UTC-7 J Imler wrote:
> [image: 2E786F40-6A76-461D-9773-2626E7E9D69E.jpeg] > HAD to have it. Necessitated a two pulley donor to be functional. > On Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 7:44:20 PM UTC-7 Luke Hendrickson > wrote: > >> Ha! Loving the three pulley love on here. Shorter cage with the chain >> wrap of long cage rds. Super fun. >> >> On Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 8:52:14 AM UTC-7 Pancake wrote: >> >>> Exactly right Eric, that photo shows the third pulley just disengaged >>> because it’s in the tallest gear on the cassette and middle chainring. Less >>> slack in the chain means the chain is pulling the derailer mechanism >>> forward enough to disengage the third pulley. But when you shift down the >>> third pulley engages and makes it act like a longer cage derailler, eating >>> up slack and avoiding chain slap while all the while keeping the lowest >>> pulleys far off the ground. It’s clever! But Dad needs a read rack and >>> panniers to make grocery trips easier so the bike will be in my garage >>> again soon - I’ll take some closer up photos in different positions then. >>> I do wonder ho/if a significantly larger pulley could do something >>> similar but that’s above my pay grade. >>> Abe >>> >>> On Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 8:33:01 AM UTC-7 eric...@gmail.com >>> wrote: >>> >>>> 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/53741c9d-a7dd-432e-97f5-f4ca9bf6d925n%40googlegroups.com.
