[CR]No-date NR rear derailleur - When was it made?

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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 14:32:47 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]No-date NR rear derailleur - When was it made?


Morgan Fletcher wrote: I have this Nuovo Record rear derailleur:

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/NOS_NR_rear_derailleur

(Click twice for high-res photos.)

It's got no "PAT" date on it. I've searched the archives, can't find a reference to NR rear derailleurs w/o dates stamped on them, with 10-tooth pulleys. Can you tell me about when this derailleur was made?

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There are not enough photos to be sure, but it looks like very late production (mid 1980s) to me based on the center punched pivots in the body and the flat plate on the back of the body (2nd gen SR style, instead of rounded like 1st gen SR/NR). Can't tell if it has the body spring moved to the lower body pivots like the 50th Anniversary derailleur or not.

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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