Publisher: Cycling

Country: UK

Date: 1939

Derailleur brands: Osgear

Derailleurs: Osgear Super Champion, Osgear Professional, Osgear Grand Sport, Osgear Champion du Monde, Osgear Empire

Sylvère Maes deserves to be remembered for two reasons:

1. •First he has the most spectacular tan lines ever seen in cycling.
   

2. •Second he gave his name to the standard style of drop handlebars. A style that he first used.