I thought that you guys might find this article about a collector of derailleurs interesting: http://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear/bik ... derailleur" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Oh, and this is a link to his fabulous website: http://www.disraeligears.co.uk/Site/Home.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That is awsome!

Indeed! Galli derailleurs for the win!

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Cervelo R3, Campagnolo Chorus/Record mix... pastatrails.blogspot.com
And you can call me Macktastik Honey Pete Kicks, thank you.

Huret Jubilee for the Weenie win

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Pfffff. Whatever.
That Jubilee is a boat anchor compared to the Simplex Presitge.
Drilled out? That's so wanna be tuning, man.
Simplex went serious: plastic build - and only one adjusting screw because the other one is unnecessary.
127g in 1965, baby.

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Good shifting derailleur ... NOT!!

Most of those simplex plastic derailleurs would just break eventually after a few thousands kms.

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Wilier Cento Uno
Colnago Master X-light
Wilier 18carati

A few thousand kms? It may last longer than an alloy cassette.

Seriously - it's THE weight weenie derailleur on that site.

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Yes... but think of what the result of a broken derailleur may be...

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Wilier Cento Uno
Colnago Master X-light
Wilier 18carati

A lighter bike.

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I recommend the book "The Dancing Chain" which is an encyclopedic history of the derailleur.

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Fuji SL/1
Send your data to Weight Weenie listings!

That is so frickin genious! It's middle of 60' and they used one pulley because they believe second one caused too much drag. Simply genious!
Looking at this collection brings tears to my eyes, what we all use now is simply heavy, low tech crap, lots of things back then was so well made, so beautiful, so innovative.
Before I will get sexually excited about bike parts, there is one derailleur I have reserved place in hell. http://www.disraeligears.co.uk/Site/Kha ... le%29.html Post soviet people will know why.

Wow yeah. How did I miss that!? That is so emphatically in the spirit of Weeniedom (It doesn't work properly and when it does it breaks) we could mount it and present it to The Weenie Of the Year title winner.

And the nominations are ....

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