A scan of the brochure for the Villiers two speed gear. Not a derailleur system as it is essentially a chain gearbox. An interesting dead-end in bicycle gear design. Puzzlingly complicated to fathom and rather heavy the Villiers two speed was a product of the thirties though when production was started and ceased exactly I am not sure.
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| Villiers two speed brochure page 1. |
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| Villiers two speed brochure page 5. |
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At least the brochure is honest. You get two gears: too high and too low. Typography and use of color here looks 1950s or 1960s to me.
ReplyDeleteTypography and color look Russian Constructivist to me. That's the 30s.
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Typography and color look Russian Constructivist to me. That's the 30s.
ReplyDeleteI am a graphic designer and formerly a painter.
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