Zeus redesigned the venerable steel Zeus Alfa in aluminium - and renamed it the Zeus New Racer.

This derailleur has a certain peasant charm. At a time when SunTour, Shimano and Campagnolo were producing increasingly complex sculptured derailleurs with increasingly sophisticated capabilities it is almost refreshing to see the parallelogram derailleur reduced to its very simplest elements.

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1. •Brand: Zeus
   

2. •Country: Spain
   

3. •Date of introduction: 1980?
   

4. •Date of this example: unknown
   

5. •Model no: unknown
   

6. •Weight: 214g
   

7. •Maximum cog: 28 teeth?
   

8. •Total capacity: 28 teeth?
   

9. •Pulley centre to centre: 46mm
   

10. •Index compatibility: friction
    

11. •Chain width: 3/32”
    

12. •Logic: top normal
    

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

14. •Material: largely aluminium, with steel knuckles
    

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