DISRAELI GEARS

Sugino VIC

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Designed to be a mass market indexed derailleur, the VIC is a steel monster vaguely reminiscent of the Huret Allvit. Unlike the Allvit, its parallelogram is made up of ‘three dimensional’ arms (like a SunTour Honor) rather than made up of flat plates (like a Huret Svelto), and the guide pulley moves forwards as it moves inwards. The basic geometry has many elements of a design of the SunTour Love (LV00) that SunTour patented (US patent # 4,789,379) in 1987. This geometry is quite interesting, promising the advantages of a slant parallelogram, without the torque across the parallelogram pivots. The VIC should have changed as well as a SunTour V and lasted as long as a Campagnolo Nuovo Record.

The price to pay for this sophistication is a lorra, lorra metal, as Cilla would say. Not a good way to keep down the weight on a low end steel gear. I believe it was a commercial disaster.

Finally the VIC is one of a select band of derailleurs which have the logo upside down for easy reading from a low flying helicopter.


  • Derailleur brands: Sugino
  • Country: Japan, manufactured in China
  • Date of introduction: 1996
  • Date of this example: unknown (stamped lot no E-3)
  • Model no.: RD11
  • Weight: 455g including hanger plate
  • Maximum cog: 32 teeth
  • Total capacity: 38 teeth
  • Pulley centre to centre: 85mm
  • Index compatibility: 6 speed
  • Chain width: 3/32”
  • Logic: top normal
  • B pivot: unsprung
  • P pivot: sprung
  • Materials: steel

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Browse associated documents.



US Patent # 4,789,379 - SunTour

US Patent # 4,789,379 - SunTour

US Patent 4,789,379 - SunTour Love (LV00) thumbnail


Sugino VIC - instructions

Sugino VIC - instructions

Sugino VIC derailleur - instructions scan 1 thumbnail