The French were almost certainly more involved with the origination of the derailleur (and with it, the modern racing bicycle) than the Italians. "French gears" is still an old-timey term for derailleur gears in the UK.
I mean, we call them derailleurs, not "deraillilianos" or whatever, hah,
Last edited by sheddle; 07-29-20 at 03:34 PM.