DISRAELI GEARS

DNP 1200

DNP 1200 derailleur main image

Unlike the superficially similar, but slightly tacky, SunRace 555, the DNP 1200 is a rather well engineered and excellently finished copy of a Shimano 600 GS.

It lacks the the full-on kitsch charm of the SunRace, with only a curvaceous diamond at each end of the branding - the very slightest of nods to the Arabesque patterns on the Shimano 600 EX GS (6210).


  • Derailleur brands: DNP
  • Country: Taiwan
  • Date of introduction: 1985?
  • Date of this example: unknown
  • Model no.: 1200
  • Weight: 241g
  • Maximum cog: 34 teeth?
  • Total capacity: 34 teeth?
  • Pulley centre to centre: 70mm
  • Index compatibility: friction?
  • Chain width: 3/32”
  • Logic: top normal
  • B pivot: sprung
  • P pivot: sprung
  • Materials: largely aluminium, steel pulley cage plates