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--- components:intro [2021/12/18 15:11] – [Mountain Bike Components] mtbtimeline
+++ components:intro [2022/02/25 10:03] (current) – [Mountain Bike Components] mtbtimeline
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 Similar timelines have been attempted elsewhere:
   * **[[http://mombatbicycles.com/MOMBAT/BikeHistoryPages/Timeline.html|mombat]]** : simple text, no pics or links
-  * **[[https://velobase.com/default.aspx|velobase]]** : comprehensive - but too much info to make a visual timeline.  mtbtimeline will rely upon velobase when it can.  Velobase is very road bike centric and is missing most mountain components.
+  * **[[https://velobase.com/default.aspx|velobase]]** : comprehensive - but too much info to make a visual timeline.  mtbtimeline will rely upon velobase when it can.  Velobase is very road bike centric and is missing some mountain components.
-  * **[[http://www.vintage-trek.com/component_dates.htm?fbclid=IwAR2QXKgdpoZVKuTj1n_8FpjAjGHOwyf7T93p5p37P0jSYJn3KMIk8NOTnsk|vintage-trek]]** : dating by code.  Good idea.  Many sites give serial number decoders, which is vital.  Should be sed in addition to this visual component timeline.
+  * **[[http://www.vintage-trek.com/component_dates.htm?fbclid=IwAR2QXKgdpoZVKuTj1n_8FpjAjGHOwyf7T93p5p37P0jSYJn3KMIk8NOTnsk|vintage-trek]]** : dating by code.  Good idea.  Many sites give serial number decoders, which is vital.  Should be used in addition to this visual component timeline.
   * **[[https://www.disraeligears.co.uk/site/disraeli_gears_-_a_derailleur_collection.html|disraeligears]]** : Rear derailleurs only.  A nice example of how to make components visually cool.
   * **[[https://mombatbicycles.com/Suntour.htm|mombat SunTour museum]]**: all the pics and links are dead.
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 **Timeline Date Skew**
-This timeline jumps two years, to be from 1978->1987.  The earliest mountain bikes are so rare that dating them by components is a non-issue.  When dating a 1985 bike it's helpful to have 1986 and 1987 components on the timeline.  Some pre-1978 components used:
+This timeline starts a few years after the MTB timelime, to be from 1978->1991.  The earliest mountain bikes are so rare that dating them by components is a non-issue.  When dating a 1989 bike it's helpful to have 1990 and 1991 components on the timeline.  Some pre-1978 components used:
   * [[breezer:start#jbx1|1977 Breezer #1]]: SunTour Cyclone rear, SunTour VX front, TA cranks.
   * [[cc:start#ccproto|1978 CCPROTO]]: Shimano DuraAce rear, no front, DuraAce cranks
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 **Index Shifting**
-The 1986 release of [[https://www.rideshimano.com/unitedKingdom/en/History-of-Shimano/|Dura-Ace 7400]] saw the first index shifting which trickled into every model and brand of rear derailleur over the next few years, requiring new models to support the changing requirements.  No rear derailleur on sale in 1986 existed without change by 1989.  For a history of mountain bike technology, see the [[tech:start|tech timeline]].
+The 1985 release of [[https://www.rideshimano.com/unitedKingdom/en/History-of-Shimano/|Dura-Ace 7400]] saw the first index shifting which trickled into every model and brand of rear derailleur over the next few years, requiring new models to support the changing requirements.  No rear derailleur on sale in 1986 existed without change by 1989.((SunTour especially suffered a decline with the introduction of SIS and with no decent indexed gruppo of its own, SunTour went bankrupt in 1987, sold itself to Sakae Ringyo, losing focus, reselling itself again and finally closing its component line in 1995.  See [[https://web.archive.org/web/20081205181751/http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hadland/page35.htm|Sunset for SunTour]] by Frank Berto.))  For a history of mountain bike technology, see the [[tech:start|tech timeline]].
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