Re: RE: [CR]Classic rapid rise rear der?

(Example: Racing)

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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:19:18 -0400
To: Jeff Noakes <jnoakes@connect.carleton.ca>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: RE: [CR]Classic rapid rise rear der?


I reminisced:
> >>There is a rare and quite wonderful Sun Tour
> >>low-normal parallelogram derailer, probably
> >>dating from the late '60s. It's called the
> >>"Skitter" and it is a brilliant desgn.

Jeff Noakes wrote:
>There are two slightly fuzzy pictures of a "Skitter" available at the
>SunTour museum:
>
><http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/suntour/rd/fskitter.html>

That's a different (probably earlier) version, with separate springs. Appears to be high-normal, too.

I'll try to dig out mine and photograph it...

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