Pelletier derailleurs

Pelletier was the brand of Marcel Pelletier, a small bicycle manufacturer, based in Lyon, France.

During the 1930s Pelletier designed its own derailleurs, for use on its bikes. They called their derailleurs 'Meilhor' and 'Super-Meilhor', and typically used a distinctive twin-cable, direct-pull design.

Pelletier Super-Meilhor derailleur thumbnail

Pelletier Super-Meilhor 1938?

Publisher: L'Institut national de la propriété industrielle
Date: Priority date August 1935
Derailleur brands: Pelletier
Derailleurs: Pelletier Super-Meilhor

French Patent 793,606 - Pelletier thumbnail

Pelletier - invoice 1937

Publisher: Pelletier
Date: 1937
Derailleur brands: Pelletier
Derailleurs: Pelletier Super-Meilhor of some sort...

Le Dérailleur 'Super-Meilhor' Montage - Réglage 1938

Publisher: Pelletier
Date: 1938
Derailleur brands: Pelletier
Derailleurs: Pelletier Super-Meilhor

Pelletier Super Meilhor - instructions thumbnail

see also Cyclo - Origine du dérailleur 1959

Publisher: Cyclo
Date: 1959
Derailleur brands: Cyclo, plus too many others to mention here
Derailleurs: too many to mention

Cyclo - Origine du derailleur scan 1 thumbnail

Publisher: New Cycling
Date: May 1981
Derailleur brands: too numerous to list here
Derailleurs: too numerous to list here