[CR]Campagnolo rear derailer ID

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From: "Roy H. Drinkwater" <roydrink@ptd.net>
Subject: [CR]Campagnolo rear derailer ID
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 18:30:09 -0400

Bob Freitas asked:
> Is this not that MTB rear der that keeps popping up?
> http://ebay.com/<blah>

and Kurt Sperry responded:
>As I recall the last time this derailleur (or one like it) was
>discussed here the consensus was that it was in fact an early MTB
>mech, but I still wonder. I seem to recall the original Campagnolo
>MTB gruppo, Euclid I believe, had a more modern-type mech without
>the NR-SR style lower pivot casting. Of course relying on memory can
>be trachorous- particularly mine- so I am sure I have an original ad
>for the Euclid gruppo as it was introduced in one of my old cycling
>mags and will check if it will help resolve the issue.

Taking a look at http://www.andysbikes.com/articles/campagMTB/index.html it's not a Euclid. Nor is it a Record, Olympus, or Centaur (1st generation). Could be a Icarus or Themis, but there's no pictures to compare to.

Roy "is this in the CR time guideline?" Drinkwater Lititz, "I don't think so" PA