Rummaging through a box of some long held parts of mine, I've hit something I missed and don't know a thing about. It is a front derailleur with a very early Zeus or period campy type look, and a cage stamped in "funny" lettering "TXIMISTA". Thought I might have a piece of MTB junk at first glance, but it doesn't add up quality wise. I know Zeus and the early Triplex (campy "copy" for a third of the price), but this one... I do remeber someone in the racing fraternity telling me about two Basque brothers who set up a company to rivalize with Zeus. Could this be it ? "Tximista" is a Basque female first name, and I don't see the boys from Taiwan producing something with that kind of ID. Unless it's a little known Zeus ? I doubt it.
On another point, bash Herses as I do occasionally (well, somebody has to bash them), I say that the paint job on the pink bike is most definitely original if A.M. of RH classics says so. If any one person in the world can tell an original Herse from a rebuild, he's the guy. Probably seen more RH's than anyone but René himself. That doesn't meen I'd personally buy it, I already have a pink bike with gold anodized parts. If you need your bottom pinched and to get wolf-whistled, I say "go for it". Also, I don't normally say nice things about anybody because I'm a mean person, so this post has two unusual items in it.
Nick Bordo, Agen, 47000, Aquitaine.
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