The MAVIC 845 was the long pulley cage derailleur in the MAVIC 840 series. It shared with its brothers the beautiful build quality, needle bearing pulley wheels, stainless steel pivots and fittings, Dura-Ace 7400 geometry and the ability to be completely disassembled (if you like circlips). It also shared the lack of Mavic’s signature eccentricity (whisper it quietly in the presence of Mavic aficionados - but I think Simplex may have played some part in its manufacture). This long cage version was particularly dull because it has very conventional looking steel pulley cage plates and weighs a ton.

This example is a later model, jazzed up for those zany, hedonistic, bad-ass, mountain bike boys with a colourful sticker. Groovy.

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1. •Brand: MAVIC
   

2. •Country: France
   

3. •Date of introduction: 1993
   

4. •Date of this example: unknown
   

5. •Model no: 845
   

6. •Weight: 297g
   

7. •Maximum cog: 32 teeth (Sutherland’s 6th edition)
   

8. •Total capacity: 44 teeth (Sutherland’s 6th edition)
   

9. •Pulley centre to centre: 75mm
   

10. •Index compatibility: 8 speed
    

11. •Chain width: 3/32”
    

12. •Logic: top normal
    

13. •Pivots: two sprung pivots
    

14. •Material: aluminium including the adjustable cable outer stop and the hanger bolt, but with steel pulley cage plates
    

15. •My theme: A riot of colour
    

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