Toni Theilmeier wrote:
>
> Got home one of my epic 2CV truckette loads of classic cycling stuff
> yesterday, nearly all off-topic as the haul consists mostly of cross
> cycling items, most of which I am going to get rid of, anyway.
>
> One thing, however, struck me as rather interesting: One of the NR rear
>
> derailleurs is stamped "PAT 11".
>
> I have one marked "PAT 72", so I know that the "seven" slants, just
> like a slash. I also have one marked "PAT 81", on which I can see that
>
> the "one" doesn´t. On the one found yesterday it says "eleven", no
> doubt.
>
> I have so far assumed that the figures were years; so what is all of
> this, then?
"PAT 11" is generally agreed on to be from 1985, Toni.
Archive search results for "pat 11":
http://search.bikelist.org/
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, timelines & t-shirts)
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