Originally Posted by
phoebeisis
Suntour dérailleurs-the lightest ones not the Superbee- were easily available-and lighter and much cheaper than campy or other brands
Huret "Jubilee" was much lighter than anything else on the market back then (still lighter than most modern derailleurs, even).
Avocet saddles- with actual padding-were pretty light and more comfortable than those horrible Unicantor shells
The Avocet "Racing III" model was essentially the same as the venerable Selle Italia "Turbo" but with aluminum rails for lighter weight.
I think Mavic made a very light rim-maybe it was called Medal Do Or or something like that-think it was 250 grams-tubular rim-
Super Champion's Medaille d'Or was 260gm. Hi-E's rim was even lighter (less than 200gm) but correspondingly more fragile.
You could get a Reynolds "special light" forget the actual designation- 531 frame-I think you were supposed to weigh under 150 lbs-
531 "Special Lightweight." Later renamed 531 "Professional." Basically the same as 753 tubing (also available in the mid 70s), but not heat treated like 753.
Columbus also had some very light weight tube sets -- "KL" and "Record" for example. And Ishiwata 015 "Alpha" was lighter than any of them.