takenji1989@instagramNov 28
For their #Disruptor , @rodbikes has worked with #Browning to create a system similar to the old #Suntour BEAST, except on the rear gear cluster rather than on the crankset. There are hinged gates on every cog that move the chain, rather than a #derailleur pushing the chain back and forth. All that's needed is a chain tensioner that's able to follow the chain! #cycling #bicycle

Link: https://instagram.com/p/B9MzSR2luqw
takenji1989@instagramJul 28, 2025
For their #Disruptor , @rodbikes has worked with #Browning to create a system similar to the old #Suntour BEAST, except on the rear gear cluster rather than on the crankset. There are hinged gates on every cog that move the chain, rather than a #derailleur pushing the chain back and forth. All that's needed is a chain tensioner that's able to follow the chain! #cycling #bicycle

Link: https://instagram.com/p/B9MzSR2luqw
kernpanik 🐾 🕊️ ☮ 🖖Jul 7, 2025

Last weekend I upgraded our #cargobike with a new fork.

Originally it was equipped with a #Suntour #Mobie, which was pretty much the only available option for a long time. Unfortunately the Mobie is a very simple construction (steel springs w/ friction dampers) and not built to last.

However, small German manufacturer #BikeTechnology (yes, that's their company name) now entered the market with a high quality upside-down cargo fork.

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Show threadVictor ForbergerJun 2, 2025
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#Suntour #freewheel tool #bikerepair
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Show threadDavid HembrowApr 7, 2025

A couple of days passed before I remembered exactly where I'd carefully stored the old freewheel that I wanted to install on my new wheel.

The old freewheel is a Suntour which I rode around with briefly over 20 years ago before I replaced it with something else for some reason that I can no longer remember. I didn't throw this nice part away - it emigrated with us.

The name now belongs to a Taiwanese company, but the original Suntour was Japanese. They were very innovative and made high quality parts for reasonable prices. My freewheel is from the early 1990s. It's a quality part with replaceable sprockets (I remember bike shops having a choice of sprockets back in the day) and it has a quiet clutch mechanism. Nice. No tick tick tick when free-wheeling.

Suntour had their own indexed gearing system and in principle this isn't supposed to be compatible with Shimano's SIS, but with a bit of careful adjustment it's working more or correctly.

Of course I'm still going to take apart the freehub from the other wheel and see if I can fix that as well. It's nice to have a spare.
#suntour #accushift #bicyclerepairman #bicycle #recumbent #regel17 #biketooter

takenji1989@instagramMar 30, 2025
For their #Disruptor , @rodbikes has worked with #Browning to create a system similar to the old #Suntour BEAST, except on the rear gear cluster rather than on the crankset. There are hinged gates on every cog that move the chain, rather than a #derailleur pushing the chain back and forth. All that's needed is a chain tensioner that's able to follow the chain! #cycling #bicycle

Link: https://instagram.com/p/B9MzSR2luqw
Neil E. Hodges on Instagram: "For their #Disruptor , @rodbikes has worked with #Browning to create a system similar to the old #Suntour BEAST, except on the rear gear cluster rather than on the crankset. There are hinged gates on every cog that move the chain, rather than a #derailleur pushing the chain back and forth. All that's needed is a chain tensioner that's able to follow the chain! #cycling #bicycle"

27 likes, 0 comments - takenji1989 on March 1, 2020: "For their #Disruptor , @rodbikes has worked with #Browning to create a system similar to the old #Suntour BEAST, except on the rear gear cluster rather than on the crankset. There are hinged gates on every cog that move the chain, rather than a #derailleur pushing the chain back and forth. All that's needed is a chain tensioner that's able to follow the chain! #cycling #bicycle".

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Tim Gierschick IIFeb 16, 2025
Pushing forward on the project: set up the Suntour XCM fork, added a Paul Components Boxcar stem, and topped it all off with the completed Phil Wood cap. Happy with how it’s coming together! Next up: crankset? #paulcomponents #philwood #suntour #cannondale #vintagecannondale
Show threadAI6YR BenDec 21, 2024
Not that anyone REALLY cares, but Suntour axles of this era require M10x1.0mm nuts, which are not easy to find... except for some reason, at Home Depot (tomorrow's task). They are $7 for 2 at bicycle stores, $2.50 each from McMaster-Carr or 20 for $12, $$$ from eBay, but $1.25 each at Home Depot, if they have them. So off to Home Depot I go, after I repack the bearings (when I have light to work outside). All the parts were soaked in degreaser for a few hours to remove how many ever decades of hardened grease. (scavenging a used wheel would be cheaper, yes -- standard 26 inch MTB wheel - Suntour 7x3, would need to match the 7 speed). #bikerepair #suntour #vintage
takenji1989@instagramNov 29, 2024
For their #Disruptor , @rodbikes has worked with #Browning to create a system similar to the old #Suntour BEAST, except on the rear gear cluster rather than on the crankset. There are hinged gates on every cog that move the chain, rather than a #derailleur pushing the chain back and forth. All that's needed is a chain tensioner that's able to follow the chain! #cycling #bicycle

Link: https://instagram.com/p/B9MzSR2luqw
Neil E. Hodges on Instagram: "For their #Disruptor , @rodbikes has worked with #Browning to create a system similar to the old #Suntour BEAST, except on the rear gear cluster rather than on the crankset. There are hinged gates on every cog that move the chain, rather than a #derailleur pushing the chain back and forth. All that's needed is a chain tensioner that's able to follow the chain! #cycling #bicycle"

27 likes, 0 comments - takenji1989 on March 1, 2020: "For their #Disruptor , @rodbikes has worked with #Browning to create a system similar to the old #Suntour BEAST, except on the rear gear cluster rather than on the crankset. There are hinged gates on every cog that move the chain, rather than a #derailleur pushing the chain back and forth. All that's needed is a chain tensioner that's able to follow the chain! #cycling #bicycle".

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