Underneath the black and white paint of the Miche logo on this derailleur you can clearly see the raised contours of a ‘SunTour Blaze Lite’ logo - for that is what this is - a SunTour Blaze Lite and some extra paint.

What the difference was between a Blaze Lite and a SunTour VX Lite is beyond me - they seem identical. Both are cheap, workmanlike derailleurs with rather too much plastic for my refined tastes.

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1. •Brand: Miche, manufactured by SunTour
   

2. •My category: SunTour - the V story
   

3. •Country: Italy, manufactured in Japan
   

4. •Date of introduction: 1993?
   

5. •Date of this example: 1993 (two letter date code is JD)
   

6. •Model no: unknown
   

7. •Weight: 249g
   

8. •Maximum cog: 26 teeth (hanger 24mm) or 28 teeth (hanger 26mm or more) (Source: Sutherland’s 6th edition)
   

9. •Total capacity: 28 teeth (Source: Sutherland’s 6th Edition)
   

10. •Pulley centre to centre: 56.5mm
    

11. •Index compatibility: 7 speed
    

12. •Chain width: 3/32”
    

13. •Logic: top normal
    

14. •Pivots: two pivots, front sprung and rear unsprung
    

15. •Material: aluminium rear knuckle, steel parallelogram plates and outer pulley cage plate and plastic front knuckle and inner pulley cage plate.
    

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