Country: Argentina

I know very little about this brand.

There is a posting on bikelist.org claiming that, in ‘about 1975’, Argentinian bikes branded ‘Rogers’ were sold in the USA with Gambato rear derailleurs that were copies of the Campagnolo Gran Sport.

My particular example of a Gambato gear came from a bike branded ‘Saavedra’. Cosme Saavedra was a legendary Argentinean cyclist who won a shed-load of races between 1924 and 1930, and apparently owned a bicycle factory in Buenos Aires after he retired from racing.

Finally, in the late seventies, I met a Brazilian cyclist who was extremely enthusiastic about South American copies of Campagnolo that were very much cheaper, and ‘just as good’. For many years I wondered exactly what he was referring to - then I came across this gear. Perhaps he was talking about Gambato (although I would worry about his claims about the quality).