I love that group so so much. It's like they tasked the designers with making something unique and novel for every component:

Brakes: roller cam
Levers: Just look at 'em
Shifters: some were the paired aero ones that sit behind the DT
Cranks: Goofball GIANT pedal spindle
Pedals: See cranks
RD: housing-less cable flow
FD: beats me, but I wouldn't be surprised it was something top normal and uses only one pivot or some ****.
Seatpost was pretty straight forward. Cool set screw design.
Stem was a classic- one visible fastener for both the bar clamp and the quill.
Hubs had some crazy scheme where all the spoke elbows faced in.
AERO water bottle: 'Nuff said.


I just love it, it's totally bananas, and NONE of the "innovations" stuck. A true time capsule. This was the same era as DA10 on the track end of things.

http://sheldonbrown.com/shimano1982/

I mean, seriously, how rad is this image?