Show me your Suntour Superbe/Superbe Pro
08-06-15, 11:49 AM
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Show me your Suntour Superbe/Superbe Pro
I've got the itch to look for a nice Japanese frame and some Suntour Superbe or Superbe Pro to dress it with. Show me yours, I'm looking for inspiration.
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08-06-15, 12:35 PM
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Sorry, not Japanese, and a fuzzy picture, too. But a "Superbe" riding and shifting bike, but now someone else's.
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That's easy!
1982 Fuji Professional w/Superbe
1986 Fuji Opus III w/Superbe Pro
1982 Fuji Professional w/Superbe
1986 Fuji Opus III w/Superbe Pro
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Can not comply but can provide title content. Pinarello with Superbe/Pro.
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Pinarello Tre Cime, on Flickr[/IMG]
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Pinarello Tre Cime, on Flickr[/IMG]
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Can not comply but can provide title content. Pinarello with Superbe/Pro.
[IMG]Pinarello Tre Cime, on Flickr[/IMG]
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Pinarello Tre Cime, on Flickr[/IMG]nice. are you planning to paint that or clearcoat it? I sort of like the soft chrome look. (mine is also this way after I stripped it)
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Totally non-period correct Superbe Pro on my Trek 400 Elance.
I get such a kick out of the top level of machinery on a second from bottom of the line bike- as this pic demonstrates:
I get such a kick out of the top level of machinery on a second from bottom of the line bike- as this pic demonstrates:
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Can I get back to you on this post? I'm still trying to buy back my cannondale black lighting that had beautiful gold anodized suntour superbe pro :-(
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nice timing, love this group
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08-07-15, 07:02 AM
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My Superb group is resting in a plastic shoe box. It is a full kit from a too small mid 1980's Schwinn Peloton.
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I have a set of Superbe pedals. That's it. 
08-07-15, 07:26 AM
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How about an iconic French frame with SP?:
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@OldsCOOL Your bike is inspiring me to pull mine out and start working on it! Now that I have a fork "straightened", it can be assembled. My plan was to do Campy NR, but I believe Suntour Superbe was the build in 1984. I can go one step up with a number of Pro parts.
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I don't own the frame or the components any more, but it fits your bill
3Rensho #1 with Superbe Pro by L Travers, on Flickr
3Rensho #1 with Superbe Pro by L Travers, on Flickr
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@OldsCOOL Your bike is inspiring me to pull mine out and start working on it! Now that I have a fork "straightened", it can be assembled. My plan was to do Campy NR, but I believe Suntour Superbe was the build in 1984. I can go one step up with a number of Pro parts.
08-07-15, 09:32 AM
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My Katakura Silk is mainly dressed out with late 1980s Superbe Pro parts: seat post, derailleurs, shift levers, wheel hubs. Brakes did not have enough reach, so I used Campy brakes. Crankset is Super Maxy that I really like.
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1986 Katakura Silk by bill, on Flickr[/IMG]
Or how about a before picture? I figured we need at least one crusty bike on this discussion.
This is a Kabuki DFD that is mostly Suntour Superbe. Picked it up from a local DKO yesterday. Naturally it has a stuck seat post. Priced accordingly. Stem, bars, crank, RD, shift levers all OK. Brake calipers may be save-able. Good rear wheel.
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IMG_8847 by bill, on Flickr[/IMG]
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1986 Katakura Silk by bill, on Flickr[/IMG]Or how about a before picture? I figured we need at least one crusty bike on this discussion.
This is a Kabuki DFD that is mostly Suntour Superbe. Picked it up from a local DKO yesterday. Naturally it has a stuck seat post. Priced accordingly. Stem, bars, crank, RD, shift levers all OK. Brake calipers may be save-able. Good rear wheel.
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IMG_8847 by bill, on Flickr[/IMG]
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That's a pretty healthy-sized freewheel. How big of a max cog with that RD shift?
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Maybe down the line...it took me a while to piece it together. I shouldn't have bothered. Frankly it's not as good as the shimano stuff from the same period. It's better than c-record, but that's hardly a ringing endorsement (and I don't even think it's that much better, and it's far uglier). In terms of aesthetics, it's like most Suntour - blocky.
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It totally didn't work. The cog teeth were pretty much riding on the pulley teeth. Neat sounds ensued.
I think my smallest big cog is 28- and I haven't been able to get the Superbe to work on a 28- even though many, many sources say it's possible. I actually had trouble with this freewheel and an XC Pro rear derailleur- I know cage length has nothing to do with max cog acceptance... however, this medium cage RD was giving me chattering, like the FW was just a *touch* too big. I re-replaced it with the long cage XC Comp that was originally (not "originally originally") on there- and now it works much nicer.
I'm going to be playing some freewheel games soon.
I've used an XC Comp long cage on a 34T Suntour with no problems. Maybe it was 32... but I'm pretty sure it was 34.
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Maybe down the line...it took me a while to piece it together. I shouldn't have bothered. Frankly it's not as good as the shimano stuff from the same period. It's better than c-record, but that's hardly a ringing endorsement (and I don't even think it's that much better, and it's far uglier). In terms of aesthetics, it's like most Suntour - blocky.
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Maybe down the line...it took me a while to piece it together. I shouldn't have bothered. Frankly it's not as good as the shimano stuff from the same period. It's better than c-record, but that's hardly a ringing endorsement (and I don't even think it's that much better, and it's far uglier). In terms of aesthetics, it's like most Suntour - blocky.