“You know how the title came about - Disraeli Gears - yeah? We had this Austin Westminster, and Mick Turner was one of the roadies who’d been with me a long time, and he was driving along and Eric (Clapton) was talking about getting a racing bicycle. Mick, driving, went ‘Oh yeah - Disraeli gears!’ meaning derailleur gears... We all just fell over... We said that’s got to be the album title”

Ginger Baker remembering 1967

This site is all about rear derailleur gears... it is a little about remembering... and a miniscule part of it is even about the very derailleur gears that Eric Clapton may have been dreaming about back in the Summer of Love.

It is a portrait of a real collection of real derailleurs in all their rusty glory. The site is now about half complete, which, of course, means it is also half incomplete. Despite this, I hope that you find something here to enjoy.

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You can browse this collection in five different ways:

1. •By models. This is a huge unwieldy list sorted by brand - but it gives you the big picture.
   

2. •By brands. Look at each brand in turn - and get a wee spiel about the brand for good measure.
   

3. •By countries. Check out the countries you never expected to see on a derailleur site.
   

4. •By decades. Going all the way back to the 1930’s.
   

5. •By themes. I have grouped derailleurs in ways that interest me, and may hopefully interest you. People seem to particularly like the coloured selection.
   

You may also be interested in the introduction and in the documents, the links and the spurious ‘art’ items that I have included.

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Thanks for visiting.