RE: [CR]Zapp derailleurs?

(Example: Framebuilders:Alberto Masi)

From: "chuck taylor" <phatswag@comcast.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR]Zapp derailleurs?
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 16:32:49 -0400
In-Reply-To: <010d01c47659$d97f6bf0$aebe0b18@C1921978A>


At the Palmer, MA swap/Cross last year (fall 03) The mavic booth was selling mavic zap kits for $20 a pop - I bought one for my Hooker Elite Cat1. The price tag on the box I bought said $699 - I couldn't resist. The later Mavic electronic system was/is called "Mektronic" (sp?). Chuck Taylor Scituate MA

-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of Tom Sanders Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 1:23 PM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org 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

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