Re: [CR]Rino Crono rear derailleur

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Cinelli)

From: "jerrymoos" <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Louis Schulman" <louiss@gate.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <E1B3P0c-0001Zz-00@barry.mail.mindspring.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Rino Crono rear derailleur
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 18:55:04 -0600


They may have been made after the Suntour patent expired. At that point everyone copied it including Campy and Shimano. Seems to me Rino sponsored some winning RAAM riders for a couple of years.

Regards,

Jerry Moos
Houston, TX


----- Original Message -----
From: Louis Schulman
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 6:34 PM
Subject: [CR]Rino Crono rear derailleur



> I recently acquired a Rino Crono rear derailleur on eBay. It appears
> to be a very high quality Italian knock-off of a mid-70's Suntour
> Cyclone. The derailleur has very unusual removable screw pivots and
> ball-bearing jockey wheels.
>
> The thing is, unless Rino (whoever they were) had a license, the
> derailleur would clearly violate Suntour's patent on the slant
> parallelogram design.
>
> Does anyone have any information, history, or experience with this
> derailleur and/or the company that made it?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Louis Schulman

> Tampa, Florida