My memory of this derailleur (although I have a similar memory about Zeus!) goes something like this:

• Galli were stung into action when Campagnolo released the restyled Super Record in 1980. This suddenly made their existing offering look ‘rough’ and out of date.
• Their response was this, very polished, design. I regret their move away from straight lines and logical adjustment screws, and see this ‘new’ design as a step backwards in everything put finish and logo. I do like the fact that you can take it apart, although, as is often the case, you have to love circlips.
• This design did not appear until about 1984(?), just in time for Campagnolo to launch their radically redesigned C-Record groupset (and derailleur).
• This probably helped Galli (and Zeus) because road cyclists were very conservative and many were appalled by the look, weight and complexity of C-Record. These cyclists warmed to Galli’s new, very retro design, with its traditional Campagnolo style adjustment screws.
• Of course it couldn’t last - and it didn’t.

This silver version weighs a very respectable 184g. In terms of the variables that seem to define these later 'curvaceous' Galli models, this example has:

• the text on the outer parallelogram plate written vertically,
• an aluminium P pivot bolt,
• a simple inner pulley cage plate, without a spoke deflector,
• a conventional stop controlling the rotation of the pulley cage.

• Derailleur brands: Galli
• Themes: Ultra-lightweight - road racing models
• Country: Italy
• Date of introduction: 1984?
• Date of this example: unknown
• Model no.: unknown
• Weight: 184g
• Maximum cog: 26 teeth? (Sutherland’s 4th edition)?
• Total capacity: 22 teeth? (Sutherland’s 4th edition)?
• Pulley centre to centre: 46mm
• Index compatibility: friction
• Chain width: 3/32”
• Logic: top normal
• B pivot: unsprung
• P pivot: sprung
• Materials: aluminium (including the pulley pivot bolts)