Sun 1970 Catalog — Lightweight Bicycles for the Enthusiast: the Sunmist, Snipe, Chris Barber Ten, Cresta and Mass Start Professional

Sun’s catalog of lightweight bicycles from Dock Road, Worksop, a TI company: five oblong pages. It prints no year of issue; it advertises the 1970 world championships at Leicester and lists race results to February 1970.

— Page 1 (front cover) —
Sun
LIGHTWEIGHT BICYCLES
FOR THE ENTHUSIAST
Keith Mernickle of Chris Barber/Sun Huret Professional Team
ONE JUMP AHEAD!

[Front cover: the word “Sun” in giant green, yellow and gray halftone letters across the page, with a high-contrast black and white photograph of the racing cyclist Keith Mernickle riding over the “u” and “n”. The lettering on the rider’s jersey is too coarse to read; a small brown mark at the lower left corner is a stain or crease, and a gray strip at the foot is the scanner bed beyond the sheet’s edge.]

— Page 2 —
for the young enthusiast SUNMIST 1824
Frame: 18″ only.
Wheels: 24″ Endrick with Dunlop Champion white-walled tyres.
Brakes: Weinmann alloy side-pull with short reach levers.
Gear: Huret Svelto Mk. II 5-speed with red rollers.
Handlebar: Mini Maes.
Chainset: 46 tooth 3/32″ with 5½” cranks.
Finish: White with red/blue panelling and matching guards or bright yellow with white/lagoon blue panelling and matching guards.

SUNMIST’G.T.’ a superb lightweight tourist cycle
Frame: 19½”, 21½” and 22½”.
Saddle: Brooks B66 leather.
Brakes: Weinmann side-pull alloy with alloy levers.
Handlebar: All-rounder adjustable on alloy stem.
Wheels: 26″ × 1¼” on 19½”. 27″ × 1¼” high pressure on 21½” and 22½”, with Dunlop skin-sided Sprite tyres.
Gear: Svelto Mk. II ultra wide ratio 5-speed.
Mudguards: Lightweight narrow section plastic.
Special Equipment: Pleischer alloy carrier.
Finish: Flamboyant red with black head and seat tube panels and black chainguard. Black with flamboyant red head and seat tube panels and red chainguard.

quality bicycles SUNMIST SPORT (Gents)
Frame: 19½”, 21½”, 22½”.
Wheels: Endrick rims 26″ on 19½”, 27″ on 21½” and 22½” with. Dunlop skin-sided Sprite tyres.
Handlebar: Alloy Brampton Maes on alloy stem.
Brakes: Alloy Weinmann side-pull.
Gear: Campagnolo ‘Valentino Extra’ 5-speed or Huret 10-speed.
Finish: White with red/blue panelling and matching guards or bright yellow with white/lagoon blue panelling and matching guards.

SUNMIST SPORT (Ladies) in the popular price range
Frame: 19½” or 21″.
Wheels: Endrick rims 26″
All other specifications as Gents Sun Mist sports model.

high quality, all round, sports cycle SNIPE
Frame: 19½”, 21½” and 22½”.
Wheels: 26″ × 1¼” on 19½” size. 27″ × 1¼” on 21½” and 22½” size with Dunlop skin-sided Sprite tyres.
Gear: Huret Svelto Mk. II 5-speed with red rollers.
Handlebar: Brampton Maes alloy on alloy extension.
Brakes: Centre-pull alloy with Sun lever hoods.
Saddle: W3N black – Wrights.
Chainset: R.I. 46 tooth on 6½” cranks.
Guards: Short stainless steel guards on gun metal finish – lagoon blue plastic on veridian green finish.
Finish: Gun metal grey/red panelling. Veridian green with lagoon blue panelling and mudguards.

SNIPE PLUS designed to suit all requirements
Frame: 21½”, 22½” and 23½”.
Forks: Oval with forged crown.
Brakes: Centre-pull alloy with Sun lever hoods.
Handlebar: Brampton Maes alloy on alloy stem.
Saddle: ‘G.T.’ Veloce – black.
Wheels: Dunlop Sprite skin-sided tyres on 27″ × 1¼” high pressure rims.
Gear: Simplex Prestige 5-speed.
Mudguards: High quality plastic narrow section.
Finish: Choice of red or blue flamboyant with white panels on top, down and seat tubes, edged with Sun chequer band transfers.

[Six Sun bicycles drawn in side view on green and yellow panels, each with its specification: the Sunmist 1824, Sunmist G.T., Sunmist Sport (Gents), Sunmist Sport (Ladies), Snipe and Snipe Plus. The page is laid out in two columns of three panels, read here row by row as the headings pair across; a narrow strip of the facing page’s black and white artwork shows beyond the right edge.]

— Page 3 —
Sun
ONE JUMP AHEAD!

CHRIS BARBER’TEN’ a Sun/Huret professional model
Frame: 19½”, 21½”, 22½” and 23½”.
Forks: Oval with forged crown.
Wheels: 26″ × 1¼” on 19½”. 27″ x 1¼” on 21½”, 22½”. and 23½”.
Gear: Huret Svelto Mk. II 10-speed.
Brakes: Centre-pull alloy with Sun hooded levers.
Handlebar: Brampton Maes alloy on alloy stem.
Saddle: ‘G.T.’ Veloce – blonde.
Guards: Weinmann stainless steel short.
Special Equipment: Sun chequer band – feeding bottle.
Finish: In the famous Sun racing colours of bright yellow with flamboyant green contrasts and black and white chequer bands with Chris Barber transfer on top tube.

See the WORLD CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS 1970—
AT LEICESTER
AUGUST 6TH TO 16TH

CRESTA & SUPER CRESTA all chrome finish
Frame: 21½” and 22½”.
Brakes: Weinmann. Alloy side-pull with Sun lever hoods.
Handlebar: Brampton Maes alloy on alloy stem.
Saddle: ‘G.T.’ Veloce – black.
Wheels: 27″ × 1¼” high pressure rims with Dunlop Sprite skin-sided tyres.
Gear: Simplex Prestige 5 or 10 speed.
Mudguards: Matching plastic ribbed section.
Finish: Full chrome frame with bronze green flamboyant panels on frame tubes and front fork.
SUPER CRESTA As Cresta, plus alloy centre-pull brakes.
Finish: Full chrome frame with attractive lagoon blue and flamboyant red panels on main tubes and front forks.

[The Chris Barber Ten and Cresta bicycles drawn in side view with their specifications, beside a high-contrast photograph of racing cyclists, the Sun disc and a yellow panel for the 1970 world championships at Leicester. The cyclists’ jerseys carry the Sun disc and partial “CHRIS” lettering, and one rider wears the number 30; the left edge of this artwork also shows as a narrow strip beyond the right edge of the facing Sunmist page.]

— Page 4 —
MASS START PROFESSIONAL fully equipped
Frame: 19½”, 21½”, 22½” and 23½”.
Forks: Oval to round with forged fork crown.
Brakes: Centre-pull alloy with Sun P.V.C. lever hoods.
Handlebar: Brampton Maes alloy on alloy extension.
Saddle: ‘G.T.’ Veloce – blonde.
Wheels: 27″ × 1¼” high pressure rims on [?] 21½”, 22½” and 23½”. 26″ × 1¼” on 19½” size, hubs large flange – tyres. Dunlop Sprite skin-sided.
Guards: Weinmann stainless steel half guards.
Gear: Simplex Prestige 5 or 10 speed.
Chainset: 3 pin detachable ring on 6½” cranks.
Special Equipment: Sun chequer band down tube – feeding bottle.
Finish: 1. Tangerine poly with coffee/yellow panelling.
2. Double violet with white panelling.
Both finishes enhanced with chromium plated head lugs and 10″ front fork ends.

[Right-hand page.]
We suggest that to get the maximum enjoyment from your new bicycle you might consider joining one of cycling’s National bodies, i.e. C.T.C. Cyclists’ Touring Club, Cotterell House, 69 Meadrow, Godalming, Surrey; B.C.F. British Cycling Federation, 26 Park Crescent, London, W.1. Cycling facilities in schools are offered by The English Schools’ Cycling Association, 24 Quaves Lane, Bungay, Suffolk.

[The Sun Mass Start Professional lightweight bicycle, drawn in side view, with its specification, beside a page suggesting cycling bodies to join, with high-contrast photographs of racing cyclists on green, yellow and cream panels. Two pages are set side by side with a straight white strip down the middle; one rider wears a cap lettered Sun and a jersey with the number 1.]

— Page 5 (back cover) —
Sun
SUN SUCCESSES
FIRSTS BY KEITH MERNICKLE
Chequers R.C. | 5.10.69 | Crabwood | 26.12.69
Edgware R.C. | 12.10.69 | Becontree Whs. | 28.12.69
Barosse | 2.11.69 | Bagshot Scramble | 11. 1.70
Bristol R.C. | 8.11.69 | Dulwich Paragon | 18. 1.70
Leo R.C. | 8.11.69 | Romford R.C. | 18. 1.70
Festival R.C. | 31.11.69 | Wembley R.C. | 25. 1.70
Sth of England Champs. | 7.12.69 | Sth Western R.C. | 1. 2.70
Luton Whs. | 13.12.69 | Bristol R.C. | 8. 2.70
1st team British Professional Cyclo-cross Championship 1970.
SUN Cycles, Dock road, Worksop, Notts A TI COMPANY
PRINTED IN ENGLAND
AD. 1149 [?]

[The back cover: the word Sun in giant cream, green, yellow and gray halftone letters, below the Sun Successes list of the race wins of Keith Mernickle beside a high-contrast photograph of a racing cyclist. The results are set in two columns of club or event and date, read here row by row; the address line at the foot ends with the TI roundel, and the paper’s edge shows at the right and the foot.]