Suntour "Superb" vs. "Superbee"

[patrick8037]

This is a query that's been eating away at me lately. I worked in a shop for about a year and a half with a group that was pretty well versed in vintage bikes. I was introduced to the Suntour Superbe gruppo with the "superb" pronunciation. Outside of that shop, I've only heard it pronounced "superbee," although everyone outside of the shop has lacked the credibility of my former co-workers. So which is it?

[jtakeda]

Superbe=Superb.
What is a super-bee?

[fiamme red]

Two syllables. The Super Bee was a car.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Super_Bee

[shiftyfixedgear]

If you speak Hipster it's Supur-bee. Only works if your girlpants are three sizes too small.

Otherwise you just look like a mo-ron if you try to seriously refer to it like that. Sort of like when your parents tried to use phrases like "groovy".

Except if you are making fun of it, like on one of your buddies bikes - then it's more than O.K. - it's mandatory.

[legacysti888]

Hahahaha... in South East Asia, It was pronounced as 'super-bee' back in the day when it was hawt. :p

[maximus]

HA! I had to thrash a Superbe Pro headset this past weekend. The casualty of a seized quill stem. Now that stung like a super-bee...

;)

[patrick8037]

Superbe=Superb.
What is a super-bee?

This has been my exact sentiment for the past two and a half years and now I have some validation.

Thanks guys.

[OperaLover]

su-pa-bu (u should just be a puff of air)

su-pa-bu pu-ro

If you speak Japanese.

[patrick8037]

And I suppose Cyclone is pronounced "See-clo-neh"