I believe that the very last Rino derailleurs to be unleashed on the world were rebranded DNP Epoch-1s. The DNP Epoch-1 was, itself, a faithful copy of a SunTour Cyclone 7000. So there is not much of Rino's DNA even close to this derailleur. However this mongrel parentage means that it is a relatively well designed and solidly engineered object - if a little heavy.

There is a bit of a trend here. FiR also offered rebranded DNP Epoch-1s as their lower-end models - although FiR up-specced even these with Allen key cable clamp bolts and classy finishes.

This, rather clean and lightly used, example is the short cage version - which, I have been told, may be called the Rino Leader - although I do not have any documentary evidence for this.

• Derailleur brands: Rino, manufactured by DNP
• Country: Italy, manufactured in Taiwan
• Date of introduction: 1985?
• Date of this example: unknown
• Model no.: unknown
• Weight: 261g
• Maximum cog: 28 teeth?
• Total capacity: 28 teeth?
• Pulley centre to centre: 53.5mm
• Index compatibility: 6 speed
• Chain width: 3/32”
• Logic: top normal
• B pivot: sprung
• P pivot: sprung
• Materials: aluminium knuckles and outer parallelogram plate, the rest is steel