Paul de Vivie toured the bicycle shows of the winter of 1908-9. This is the second of two resulting articles.

In it, he makes a case for having as many as 12 gears. This may seem a pitifully low number to the modern reader - but was considered extravagant a recently as 1980.

(Source gallica.bnf.fr/ Bibliothèque nationale de France)

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• Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
• Country: France
• Date: February 1909
• Derailleur brands: de Vivie, Hirondelle, Terrot
• Derailleurs: Terrot Modèle H