Originally Posted by
The Golden Boy
Was this before or after the Spidel conglomeration/partnership?
Spidel began life ~1977 as a consortium of 4 main French component manufacturers: Simplex, Mafac, Stronglight and Maillard. The idea was to supply gruppos to compete against Campagnolo and Shimano - product name recognition.
There was little if any coordination between those manufactures. It was always an unholy alliance.
Spidel faded away around 1985.
The short history of Spidel, the French bike parts company
The SXS-2 probably came out during the dying days of Simplex - late 80's - 1992.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over expecting different outcomes. (Delrin plastic derailleurs 1961-1992?)
Lucien Charles Hippolyte Juy - Personally responsible for the demise of the French bicycle industry!
BTW, I have Simplex derailleurs on over 20 bikes, from the late 60's to the mid 80's.
verktyg
