Country: Portugal

Another very mysterious brand.

Before coming across the derailleur in this collection I had only ever seen an FMaial derailleur once - fitted on an Esmaltina bicycle that someone had brought to Britain from Brazil. On this basis, I assumed that both Esmaltina and FMaial were Brazilian brands. I now think that Esmaltina is based in Portugal - vaguely pointing to Portugal being the home of FMaial as well.

It is probably irrelevant but Maial is a town in Spain, which is fairly close to the Portuguese border.

The previous owner of the FMaial derailleur in this collection was French, and thought that FMaial was a French company.

I have never been able to find any solid information - so your guess is as good as mine - and my guess is that FMaial is Portuguese - but as Manuel would say, the reality is that  ‘I know nurtheeeeng’.