The Mistral has its enthusiastic fans - who claim it is made of a ‘hi-tech polymer’ - not ‘plastic’ (like a despised Simplex). It is a genuine, high quality, precision, cycling product, not a sex toy.

This particular Mistral has an adjustable cable outer stop, 52mm long parallelogram arms (note the large space between the adjustment screws) , a steel hanger bolt and sprung pivot cover and weighs 195g. Perhaps the longer parallelogram arms give the capacity to take a bigger cog and to cover a freewheel with more cogs, but I have not been able to find any reference to an alternative spec.

The pink colour is fantastically cool in a Barbie kind of way, but is supposedly a homage to the Maglia Rosa (pink jersey) worn by the leader of the Giro D’Italia.

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1. •Brand: Ofmega
   

2. •Country: Italy
   

3. •Date of introduction: 1982
   

4. •Date of this example: unknown
   

5. •Model no: 0505?
   

6. •Weight: 195g
   

7. •Maximum cog: 28 teeth (Sutherland’s 4th edition)
   

8. •Total capacity: 24 teeth (Sutherland’s 4th edition)
   

9. •Pulley centre to centre: 46mm
   

10. •Index compatibility: friction
    

11. •Chain width: 3/32”
    

12. •Logic: top normal
    

13. •Pivots: two pivots, one sprung and one unsprung
    

14. •Material: plastic with an aluminium inner pulley cage plate
    

15. •My theme: A riot of colour
    

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