Speaking of Gian Roberts, anyone ever seen one of these:
GIAN ROBERTS NYLON GEAR. (NOS) 1960'S
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Also on eBay, the more common bits:
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Just looking personally....
David Bilenkey Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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> [mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of Leonard Bulger
> Sent: December 3, 2002 9:58 AM
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> Subject: Re: [CR] gian roberts
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>
> There was a really beautifully made Gian Robert derailleur set in
> the early sixties. Every piece of the rear derailleur is a
> little casting with a mirror chrome finish. Nearly every piece
> has Gian's name on it. The wheels are steel with ball bearings
> and the parallelogram has two springs. Unfortunately it's rather
> underengineered. The rear won't wrap much chain, and the front
> looks like the cage would break off with the first shift. It's a
> beautiful, delicate piece of jewelery, but not something to use
> on a bike. There's a drawing of it on p. 180 of the Dancing Chain.
>
> Oscar Juner once told me that Gian Robert designed the original
> Campy parallelogram derailleur. Can anyone confirm this?
>
> Leonard Bulger
> Ann Arnor, MI
> 4 deg an hour ago, a toasty 10 deg now