This is a very beautiful, and rather rare, example of a Type A Cyclo Benelux Tourist, with its chainstay mount. It is a 4-speed 1/8" version.
In some of the photos, I have disengaged the pulley cage spring to allow the derailleur to adopt a more normal position.
- Derailleur brands: Cyclo Gear Company
- Country: UK
- Date of introduction: 1954
- Date of this example: unknown
- Model no.: Type B
- Weight: 366g including chainstay mount
- Maximum cog: 28 teeth
- Total capacity: 35 teeth
- Pulley centre to centre: 79mm
- Index compatibility: friction
- Chain width: 1/8”
- Logic: low normal
- B pivot: adjustable but rigid
- P pivot: sprung
- Materials: steel, with aluminium flanges on the tension pulley