Re: [CR]Zapp derailleurs?

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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 20:26:53 +0200
From: "renaissance-cycles" <info@renaissance-cycles.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Zapp derailleurs?
To: Tom Sanders <tsan7759142@comcast.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <010d01c47659$d97f6bf0$aebe0b18@C1921978A>


Zapp, this was the MAVIC stuff!................Just a little past the the time when Lemond took the tour while riding for ADR!

BC
Baron Corpuz
Renaissance cycles
Eindhoven Holland.


----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Sanders
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 7:22 PM
Subject: [CR]Zapp derailleurs?


Just when you think you have heard it all, something new comes along. My buddy Bill, a 40 year bike shop owner and mechanic Par excellence, tells me that in the 'late '70s or early '80s there was a Zapp (sp?) electronic or electric derailleur that cost something like $1300 way back then. He said it was so expensive that bike leagues banned it from competition. I was flabbergasted...never heard of such a thing. It would seem to be within the CR timeline, yet searching the archives produced no hits at all. I almost suspect my leg is being pulled a bit. Any of you sages familiar with this?
Tom Sanders
Lansing, Mi