DISRAELI DOCUMENTS

Torpedo


see also New Cycling 05/1981 - Derailleur Collection

see also New Cycling 05/1981 - Derailleur Collection

  • Publisher: New Cycling
  • Date: May 1981
  • Derailleur brands: too numerous to list here
  • Derailleurs: too numerous to list here
New Cycling May 1981 - Derailleur Collection front cover thumbnail

Torpedo derailleurs were manufactured by a company called Erlotti, based in Milano Italy. They were copies of German Fichtel & Sachs derailleurs manufactured under license. Torpedo was, of course, a sub brand that Fichtel & Sachs used for its famous hub gears.

My, rather vague, guess is that Erlotti produced these gears from the late 1930s until the late 1950s.


Erlotti derailleur thumbnail


Erlotti 1947?