Originally Posted by
Grand Bois
Is that titanium? I can't understand why they chose to paint their titanium derailers. Bare titanaium is attractive and, of course, it doesn't rust.
IIRC, those Huret derailleurs did have bare or clear finished pressed plate Ti pivot bodies, as you can see from their color, but I'm not sure if the RD arms are Ti though. They could be just aluminum. If I understand correctly Ti mostly came in plate stock or tubes, not cast??