Originally Posted by
Road Fan
How can any of you like that? It looks like a knock off of the Nuovo Record geometry, which nearly nobody here is willing to endorse?
Not quite. It has a sprung upper pivot the Nuovo Record lacks. It was most likely based on the Simplex derailleur, as sixty-fiver suggests.
I've long suspected some sort of licensing agreement between Simplex and Shimano, e.g.:
