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The Invitation for Cycling by Mr.Gami
Part 106: Sankosha PROCYON in 1967
Part 106 is the catalog of SANKOSHA PROCYON.
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PROCYON was derailleur which was announced on 1966. The catalog of the maker said world’s first derailleur which was made of light alloy. The image of left side is the advertisement which published in NEW CYCLING issued November 1966. Aside from design, the mechanism was similar to early model of Simplex Prestige. Back in those day, Sankosha imported and sold products of Simplex. So Sankosha had to used Simplex design as reference.
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