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| Category: | Front Derailleurs |
| Name: | SunTour XCM |
| Brand: | SunTour |
| Primary Group: | XCM |
| Model: | FD-XM00-GX |
| Years: | 1989 - 1990 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Added By: | JFischer on 03/11/11 |
| Updated By: | movinyl on 09/08/12 |
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# Rings Designed For  | Triple | Outer Plate Markings | None |
| Inner Plate Markings | Maeda Industries LTD Japan | Clamp Markings | |
| Inner Clamp Markings | | Design Category | Parallelogram |
| Pivot Arm Markings | SunTour XCM | Plate Material | Steel |
| Clamp Style | | Cable Attachment Bolt | 8mm Wrench |
| CableStop | No | Clamp Bolt Type | |
| Max Ring Difference | 18T | | |
| Component Groups |
| Primary Group Name | Brand | Quick Info | Browse Group Components |
| XC-Master | SunTour | 1989 - 1990, Mountain Bike | View 9 Components |
| Details: Lower end of the off-road XC line for SunTour in the late 80's to early 90's. Many of the parts were branded with their actual maker's names - Dia-Compe brakes and levers along with Sakae crankset. |
SunTour (Maeda)
SunTour derailleurs have a two-letter date code. On rear derailleurs the code is stamped on the back side of the inner parallel arm. On front derailleurs it is stamped on the back side of the inner cage.
The first letter represents the year. Larry Osborn and I believe O (Oh) is 1972, V is 1979 and A is 1984. As with Shimano, the second letter is the month code, where A is January and L is December.
SunTour Year Code
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N |
O |
P |
Q |
R |
S |
T |
U |
V |
W |
X |
Y |
Z |
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1971 |
1972 |
1973 |
1974 |
1975 |
1976 |
1977 |
1978 |
1979 |
1980 |
1981 |
1982 |
1983 |
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A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
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1984 |
1985 |
1986 |
1987 |
1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
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SunTour Month Code
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A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
J |
K |
L |
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Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
The earliest Suntour derailleur I have found with a code is marked OF. A rear derailleur marked OD (corresponding to April of 72) was reported by Leighton Walter. I have a bike that dates from between 1970 to 1972 that has the original SunTour derailleurs. These derailleurs do not have date codes on them, so I believe the coding started sometime between 1970 and April of 1972.
(source: vintage-trek.com)
