Mavic offered more or less the same front derailleur from the late seventies until they got out of the component game in the 90's. It went from a plain aluminum colored version (810) to the anodized, "SSC" version (860), and was sold as a clamp on (810/860), French style braze-on (811/861) and Italian braze-on (812/862). The 860 and 862 are pretty frequently seen, the 810/812 a little less so. The French braze-on is less common, but very rarely used, and so there's little demand there.
Mavic also offered a very hard to find triple derailleur, starting sometime in the mid-80's. Designated the 830 (non-anodized) and the 870 (anodized SSC), it was the same as the 810/860, with a longer cage.
I was lucky enough to stumble on a trio of Mavic 870 derailleurs recently, which I got for an eminently fair price.
And because they're so easily broken down + reassembled, if one needed a braze-on triple (872), and all they had was a clamp on (870), they could just swap out the body from a double (862). Too cool!
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you wouldnt be interested in selling would you? I have been having a very hard time finding a derailleur that will work with a triple TA and is braze on (without going modern), as you mention it wouldnt be too hard to swap out the cage.
Sorry, I'm not interested in selling mine. I originally had 3, and sold off all but one, which I'm going to keep.
There's one on eBay with a very reasonable price:
http://cgi.ebay.com/MAVIC-SSC-TYPE-872-FRONT-DERAILLEUR-NOS_W0QQitemZ360123108742QQihZ023QQcategoryZ9194QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247
$100 US shipped is less than I sold mine for - and this one is already braze-on.
Your blog leaves one to believe that the Mavic triple only came in the 830/870 variant and was not available as a braze-on version, is this correct? Is there any difference in the body of a 860/862 and an 870 derailleur? I would think the spring would have a different tension/length, and the limit screws would be longer/shorter. I just scored a Mavic triple derailleur but it doesn't seem to come with the clamp. Does that mean its a cobbled together piece?
There was a 872 sold as well. Probably an 871, though I've never seen one - I'd imagine they'd be incredibly rare in the US. So yours isn't likely cobbled together.
Same spring, same body as the 86x. Same screws too - they're very long on the 86x.
All of the triple stuff is rare when compared to double. They just weren't as popular.
Well, here's hoping I get a 872 and not a 871 considering its coming over from the UK. Thanks for your blog...interested in an immaculate NOS set of Mavic SSC brake levers? I found 'em in Belgium, but am planning something else for my project:
http://www.classicrendezvous.com/France/parts/Mavic/mavic_ssc_grp.htm
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