DISRAELI GEARS
1978?
1970?
SunTour Skitter (4th style)
1970?
1997
1997
Shimano Santé
(5001)
1987
Precision Billet Proshift Rasta
(1st style) 1994
1993
1998?
1958?
Any colour as long as it’s not silver, black or grey. I have included the colour white here as it is sufficiently unusual in the derailleur world.
Stand-out features are:
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•The inexplicable 1960’s Japanese love of red.
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•The Italian love of bling.
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•The dare-devil mountain biker’s love of ‘take-it-to-the-limit’ bright colours.
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•The uncomfortable patriotism of those French and American scoundrels.
Now we’ve done colours, I look forward to derailleurs (deliberately) incorporating scents and sounds.
A riot of colour
Simplex Prestige
Super LJ gold (SLJ6000) 1972
1980
