SunTour images

45 pictures from SunTour, each linked to the story or record it comes from.

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Black-and-white magazine advertisement: white Japanese lettering on a mottled dark ground around a circular photograph of a rear derailleur and freewheel on a bicycle, with a small specification table and the 888 mark and maker name at the foot.SunTour · Advertisement · 1964At Last We Have Passed Europe: SunTour Grand Prix DerailleurBlack-and-white two-page magazine advertisement: the Grand-Prix rear derailleur at upper left, a cracked dark egg at center bearing the words GRAND PRIX, five feature notes with small icons along the top and the checkered Sun Tour logo at lower right. (page 1 of 2)2 pagesSunTour · Advertisement · 1965Sun Tour Grand-Prix DerailleurBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: a close-up photograph of a SunTour Skitter rear derailleur on a frame with chain and freewheel, three SunTour shift levers with different knobs at right, a large headline above and the maker's addresses below.SunTour · Advertisement · 1967New SunTour Skitter Derailleur and New Long LeversBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: a Japanese headline above three framed photographs of rear derailleurs with a name below each, a small diagram, a block of text and the 888 Sun Tour mark above the name and address of the maker.SunTour · Advertisement · 1965Sun Tour Slant Pantograph Series Rear DerailleursBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: a close-up photograph of a SunTour Skitter rear derailleur on a frame with chain and freewheel, an exploded view of a freewheel at right, a large headline above and the maker's addresses below.SunTour · Advertisement · 1967SunTour Skitter Derailleur and Perfect Boss-Type FreewheelBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: a photograph of a front derailleur between checkered bands at the top and bottom of the page, with the product name in bold lettering, five lines of text and the Sun Tour name above the addresses of the maker.SunTour · Advertisement · 1965Sun Tour Slant Pantograph Front DerailleurColor magazine advertisement: a photograph of road and track components laid out in rows, including cranks, brakes, hubs, pedals, levers, derailleurs, chains and sprockets, with a headline and short text below.SunTour · Advertisement · 1984High Technology = Reshaped Superbe-Pro Components!Two-page black-and-white magazine advertisement: on the left a full-page photograph of a weary long-haired young man resting his head on his hand beside a bicycle handlebar, and on the right the headline Does Your Bicycle Need a Tune-Up?, two columns of copy, the Sun Tour logo and a photograph of a smiling cyclist riding. (page 1 of 2)2 pagesSunTour · Advertisement · about 1977Does Your Bicycle Need a Tune-Up?Black-and-white magazine advertisement: a photograph of the SunTour Skitter rear derailleur at left, short Japanese copy at upper right and, at lower right, a drawing of a SunTour derailleur beside three freewheels, with a vertical black bar down each side.SunTour · Advertisement · 1964SunTour Skitter Derailleur and Wide Type I and II GearsBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: a large drawing of a long-armed SunTour 888 rear derailleur on a black vertical band, beside drawings of three multi-speed freewheels, with a Japanese headline across the band and the 888 mark at upper left.SunTour · Advertisement · 1964SunTour Derailleur and Multi Freewheels: Mechanism for the Multi-Speed Bicycle AgeBlack-and-white magazine advertisement in a heavy border on yellowed paper: a photograph of a SunTour Skitter rear derailleur on a bicycle dropout fills the left half, and a Japanese list of SunTour model names in display lettering fills the right.SunTour · Advertisement · 1967SunTour Derailleur Range with the Skitter Rear DerailleurBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: a Japanese headline above a photograph of a UB shift lever with a bell mounted at a handlebar stem, a second photograph of the double lever alone, a short list of features and the maker's addresses at the foot.SunTour · Advertisement · 1968UB Shift Levers with Built-In BellBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: an arched pen-and-ink scene of a cyclist on a path below snowy mountains, overlapped by a photograph of a SunTour Honor rear derailleur, above a bold Japanese headline, two columns of text and the maker's addresses.SunTour · Advertisement · 1968The SunTour Honor Rear Derailleur Is BornBlack-and-white magazine advertisement inside a heavy black border: a photograph of a Grand-Prix rear derailleur beside a block of copy and a small diagram, above a framed panel with a drawing of a SunTour shift lever on a handlebar next to a bell.SunTour · Advertisement · 1967SunTour Slant-Pantograph Derailleurs and the New Ideal LeverColor magazine advertisement: two very large black Japanese characters over the words Tecnologia Nipponica, a mostly empty pale page with scattered small triangles, the red Suntour logo in the lower middle and a line of distributor details at the foot.SunTour · Advertisement · 1987Tecnologia Nipponica (Teaser)Black-and-white magazine advertisement: a large close-up photograph of a SunTour Skitter rear derailleur on a freewheel and chain, with copy printed across the top of the picture, the SunTour name twice in the headline and the maker's addresses at the foot.SunTour · Advertisement · 1967SunTour Skitter Rear Derailleur, Trusted and Growing WorldwideBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: a brush-lettered Japanese headline above a line drawing of a SunTour 888 rear derailleur at a freewheel, inside a dashed border, with the SunTour 888 emblem and the maker name at the foot.SunTour · Advertisement · 1963SunTour 888 Derailleur and Multi-Speed FreewheelsBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: a young man sits on a waterside quay playing an acoustic guitar beside a bicycle with fenders and a rear rack, a long bridge behind him, under the SunTour headline, with copy and a boxed maker's address below.SunTour · Advertisement · 1967SunTour Slant-Pantograph Derailleurs with Guitarist and BicycleBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: the SunTour name in large slanted katakana above six derailleur names ruled off in gray bars, each with a line of copy at left, with a drawing of a Gran-Prix rear derailleur and the maker's addresses at the foot.SunTour · Advertisement · 1966SunTour Range of Six Derailleurs with the Gran-Prix PicturedBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: a Japanese headline above two overlapping photographs of rear derailleurs, one mounted on a bicycle with a looped cable and one alone on a plain ground, with boxed model names, short specifications and the maker name and addresses at the foot.SunTour · Advertisement · 1965Development of an Original Mechanism: SunTour Grand Prix and New SkitterColor magazine advertisement: a grainy black-and-white photograph of a racing cyclist riding toward the viewer, with circular insets of a handlebar-end shift lever and a drilled alloy front derailleur and a red 8.8.8. mark beside the company name.SunTour · Advertisement · 1971SunTour Power Shift Bar-Con and Compe-V Front DerailleurBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: a young woman and a young man ride road bicycles along a riverside path beneath a suspension bridge, with a small photograph of a Cyclone rear derailleur and a block of text at the foot.SunTour · Advertisement · about 1976We Make Bicycle Parts as Though We’re Coming Along for the RideBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: checkered bands at the top and bottom of the page, the Sun Tour name at upper right, a two-line Japanese headline and a row of four framed photographs of derailleurs with a name below each.SunTour · Advertisement · 1965Sun Tour Slant Pantograph Series: The Mechanism That Changed Derailleur HistoryColor magazine advertisement: a smiling man in a red polo shirt, white shorts and sunglasses rides a yellow road bicycle past a blurred green background, with a long column of text and the Sun Tour logo at the left.SunTour · Advertisement · about 1977You Don’t Have to Buy a New Bicycle to Get a Better OneBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: checkered bands at the top and bottom of the page, the Sun Tour name at upper right, a two-line Japanese headline with the name in bold lettering and a row of four photographs of derailleurs with a name below each.SunTour · Advertisement · 1966Sun Tour Derailleur Range: The Trusted Gear ChangerColor magazine advertisement: a white headline on black over three columns of text that wrap around a photograph of a dark road bicycle fitted with silver and gold SunTour components, with the SunTour logo at the lower right.SunTour · Advertisement · 198527 Out of 30 Major Production Bike Manufacturers Specify SunTourColor magazine advertisement: an ink drawing of a racing cyclist gripping drop handlebars at left, with photographs of five SunTour shift levers and two views of levers fitted to a bicycle at right and a red NEW PRODUCTS badge at upper right.SunTour · Advertisement · 1971SunTour Power Shifter LeversColor magazine advertisement: a photograph of chrome SunTour derailleurs and shift levers on a dark reflective surface, below a red triangle SUNTOUR logo and above the red headline MICRO LITE & AERO DYNAMICS and bold Japanese copy.SunTour · Advertisement · 1981Micro Lite & Aero Dynamics: SunTour Cyclone II and SuperbeColor magazine advertisement: a large white headline over a photograph of silver and black road and track components, including pedals, brakes, hubs, crankset, derailleurs and chain, with two columns of text and the SunTour logo below.SunTour · Advertisement · 1985Designer Components: The SunTour Superbe-Pro SeriesBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: a bordered panel of repeated rear derailleur drawings alternating with rows of silhouetted men and women on bicycles, under a Japanese headline, with a photograph of the SunTour Honor derailleur and a list of features below.SunTour · Advertisement · 1969Widen the World of Enjoyable Cycling with the SunTour HonorBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: a drawing of a SunTour Honor rear derailleur beside a vertical Japanese verse inside a large speech bubble, which rises from a waving cartoon character in a round hood riding a bicycle, with a shirt marked 8.8.8.SunTour · Advertisement · 1970SunTour Honor External DerailleurColor magazine advertisement: an exploded view of SunTour Power Shift levers beside a red NEW PRODUCTS badge in black and red, three photographs of levers fitted to handlebar stems and a lower band showing a derailleur, freewheels and a removal tool.SunTour · Advertisement · 1971SunTour Power Shift Ratchet Levers and New ProductsColor magazine advertisement: a grainy black-and-white photograph of a racing cyclist riding toward the viewer, with circular insets of an SL front derailleur and a Winner freewheel and a red 8.8.8. mark beside the company name.SunTour · Advertisement · 1973SunTour SL Front Derailleur and Winner FreewheelBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: a grainy full-page photograph of three cyclists riding away along a tree-lined road toward a large mountain, with a drawing of a SunTour Honor rear derailleur set into the right side and a Japanese headline across the sky.SunTour · Advertisement · 1969Riding Every Road in Japan with the SunTour Honor DerailleurBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: a stark close-up from below of a SunTour Competition rear derailleur and chain among spokes, with a Japanese headline across the top and body copy and company addresses beneath the photograph.SunTour · Advertisement · 1967SunTour Competition Rear Derailleur Developed Especially for RacingBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: a SunTour GT rear derailleur on a bicycle dropout in front of a world globe, with the words BIG NEW at upper right, a row of freewheel sprockets and a table of standard tooth combinations at lower left.SunTour · Advertisement · 1971SunTour GT Series DerailleursColor magazine advertisement: a cyclist in a red jersey and helmet sits beside a triangle of text, with Suntour components arranged along pink patterned bands and the red Suntour triangle logo at the bottom.SunTour · Advertisement · 1988Come il Sole RossoBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: the SunTour name in large slanted katakana above seven derailleur names printed gray over gray rules, each with a line of copy at left, with a drawing of a rear derailleur and the maker's three addresses at the foot.SunTour · Advertisement · 1966SunTour Derailleur Range Including the Competition TwinBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: a large photograph of a SunTour GT rear derailleur on a wide-range freewheel under the outlined words BIG NEW!, with a descending stack of sprockets at left, a disc at right, a table of tooth combinations and the 8.8.8 emblem.SunTour · Advertisement · 1970SunTour GT Series Derailleurs, Freewheel and DiscColor magazine advertisement: two large black Japanese characters over the words Tecnologia Nipponica, a short block of Italian text around a Superbe-Pro rear derailleur and shift lever, the red Suntour logo and a row of components along the foot.SunTour · Advertisement · 1987Tecnologia Nipponica (With Product Text)Black-and-white magazine advertisement: the SunTour name in large slanted katakana above a ladder of six derailleur names ruled off in heavy black bars, each with a line of copy at left, with a drawing of a Gran-Prix rear derailleur and the maker's addresses at the foot.SunTour · Advertisement · 1966SunTour Derailleur Range with the Gran-Prix Rear DerailleurBlack-and-white two-page magazine advertisement: the headline SUN TOUR PRESENTS across two large freewheels, with explanatory text, a sprocket table and small photographs of three rear derailleurs and of levers and accessories. (page 1 of 2)2 pagesSunTour · Advertisement · 1965Sun Tour Slant Pantograph Derailleurs and 8.8.8 Multi-Free FreewheelsBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: a large Japanese headline above a photograph of a SunTour V rear derailleur mounted on a bicycle and a smaller view of the derailleur alone, with five bulleted claims and company addresses below.SunTour · Advertisement · 1968The SunTour V No 2900 Rear Derailleur Is BornBlack-and-white magazine advertisement: on a black page, a circular fish-eye photograph of a man riding a drop-bar bicycle among tall city buildings, with white Japanese headline and text below it and the maker's addresses at the foot.SunTour · Advertisement · 1969Enjoy Cycling with SunTourSunTour logoSunTour · LogoSunTour logo

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