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AutoBike

  1. AutoBike SmartShift 2000    1999


Browning

  1. Browning SmartShift 400    2000?


Columbia

  1. Columbia    1980?


Elgin

  1. Elgin American (1st style)    1975?

  2. Elgin American (2nd style)    1977?


Excel

  1. Excel    1977?

  2. see also Elgin American (1st style)    1975?

  3. see also Elgin American (2nd style)    1977?

  4. Excel Dynamic    1975?

  5. Excel Dynamic SyncroMesh (1st style)    1975?

  6. Excel Dynamic SyncroMesh (2nd style)    1975?

  7. Excel Dynamic II    1977?


Huffy

  1. Huffy HIS SS    1990?


Joe's

  1. Joe's    1998?


LandRider

  1. LandRider Auto Shift    2002?


Paul Components

  1. Paul Powerglide ‘Rasta’    1995


Precision Billet

  1. Precision Billet Proshift ‘Rasta’ (1st style)    1994

  2. Precision Billet Proshift purple  (2nd style)  1994?


Schwinn

  1. Schwinn Sprint    1964

  2. Schwinn GT100    1970?

  3. Schwinn GT120    1974

  4. Schwinn GT200    1970?

  5. Schwinn GT300 Le Tour    1973

  6. Schwinn GT400 Le Tour    1974

  7. Schwinn GT420 Le Tour    1976?

  8. Schwinn GT500    1975

  9. Schwinn GT510    1977?

  10. Schwinn GT515    1979?


SRAM

  1. SRAM ESP 9.0SL    1997

  2. SRAM ESP 9.0SL ‘Betsy’    1997

  3. SRAM ESP 9.0SL ‘Woody’    1997

  4. SRAM X-0 20th anniversary medium cage    2007


Vista

  1. Vista V GT    1972?

  2. Vista V GT Luxe    1973?


Vivo    (USA)


White Industries

  1. White Industries LMDS    1994






















































































































































































































































Schwinn

GT300 Le Tour

1973

Joe's

1998?

SRAM X-0

20th anniversary

med. cage 2007

Precision Billet Proshift purple (2nd style) 1994?

There are three distinct chapters to the history of the American derailleurs in this collection.


The first chapter relates to the ‘ten speed years’ from 1960 to 1980 - a period during which the American bicycle market and industry remade the bicycle world. This is largely the story of Schwinn, but also includes Excel.


The second chapter is that of the CNC machine shops that briefly burst on the scene in the mid 1990’s producing beautifully crafted and frighteningly expensive derailleurs for mountain bikes. Within a few years these derailleurs had all faded away.


The third chapter is the 21st century story of SRAM, a company that has dared to take on the might of Shimano - and seems to be having some success doing so.


It is notable that, unlike Europe, the first American derailleur here only dates from the 1960’s and that, in SRAM, America has a viable active manufacturer alive today.

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White Industries

LMDS

1994