Early front mechs - Suntour and Big S

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Various early and mid 90s front mechs.

Unusual large clamp early orange label XT very little use
9/10 condition 34.9 large clamp - good for early US builds.
Pre-compact long cage bottom pull 20:00 plus post

1990 DX silver paint very little use
9/10 31.8 clamp pre-compact long cage bottom pull 20:00 plus post

1994 XT white labelling 31.8 clamp compact drive cage
9/10 condition bottom pull very little use 20:00 plus post

Alivio 31.8 clamp top pull
Compact drive
9/10 little use 10:00 plus post

Suntour XC Pro very early - pre compact long cage - brilliant design just breathe on it and it shifts. 31.8 clamp. Bottom pull.
8/10 little use 25:00 plus post

But tell me if I have the prices wrong.
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Silver one looks like a DX M650 mech, so 1990-93 at the latest (i.e. not 1995), in fact it's not as sparkly so MT62? late 80s.
Normally the M code are quote so it's easier
M735, M737 for Shimano

How do you know the Suntour is not MicroDrive (it's very hard to tell and I've forgotten now. any date code ?)
Model codes are never on them iirc.
But Suntour, jut put the adjuster screws in the correct place, so easy to access.
Also you can take the cage off and put it on another band. :-)
 
Yep FC - you are right - was rushing on Sunday - silver one is Dec 90 DX according to codes, and SunTour pre-compact GL Code also Dec 1990. Thirty years' old. On my word how time flies....
 
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