Re: [CR]Rino Crono rear derailleur

(Example: Framebuilders:Masi)

From: <themaaslands@comcast.net>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org (Classic Rendezvous)
Subject: Re: [CR]Rino Crono rear derailleur
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 01:22:25 +0000

Louis asked:
> 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?

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