A "forgery" (your negative conotation) depends on the view of the beholder and depends on why the reproduction was made in the first place.
An ultra-purist with a strictly show bike would claim these are a forgery yet a person with a "rider" bike would shout with glee at obtaining viable replacement part. Criticizing repro parts as "forgeries" is getting anal.
It all depends on the buyer's perspective. For a rare and practically unobtainable rubber part to be made available at a reasonable price is OK by me... no need to stamp repro parts when it fits my bike!
Regards, Steve Neago "Just back from 85 degree Florida vacation to 2 inches of snow in Cincinnati OH"
> Well, I'd better add to this: I don't think duplicating Campy hoods is too
> difficult to achieve by most "handy" CR members. Part of my background
> involves lining up protyping of various designs etc., and I think that the
> necessary products for molds and castings are obtainable if one wanted to
> "duplicate" this individual's results. I have a strong suspicion that
we'll
> be seeing quite a few "bootleg" Campy hoods in the very near future, which
> will then result in emails on this site over how to detect "the real
thing"
> from the "forgeries". Are we having fun yet?
>
>
> Dave Patrick
> Chelsea, Michigan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of Jim Cole
> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 4:53 PM
> To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Campy Repro Hoods Results
>
>
> Looks like the auction has ended for those reproduction Campy world logo
> hoods. The final price was $43.00. Guess that's about 1/2 or what the
> original article brings on ebay these days. Sure hope more become
> available.
>
> http://ebay.com/
>
> Jim Cole
> Memphis, TN