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winners, and the manufacturing methods therefore. He personally designed "the green beast", a proprietary machine for manufacturing SLT-99 chains. Rohloff AG became an OEM chain manufacturer for
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Later he struck out on his own and founded
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Rohloff died from complications of
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Bicycle technology innovator
Bernhard Rohloff, 73, dies
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