HURET JUBILEE

Here is a post modern classic.

The timeless Huret Jubilee.

These where initially released in 
1970 to celebrate the 50th anniversary

of Huret.

The aim was to make the lightest derailleur

on the market, and at 140gr they succeeded

brilliantly, not only for it's low weight, 

  it was also aesthetically 

an object of pure mechanical beauty.

The front derailleur and shifters while

pleasing, are not, in my opinion, of the same 
class as the rear derailleur. 

Funnily enough, this later rear derailleur

with it's drilled cages was actually slightly

heavier than the previous model, with plain

cages. The reason was that they had to ironically, make the 

cage fatter on the drilled version, so it wouldn't break.

Don't you love that.

The original earlier version, with lighter 

undrilled cages (what the...!)