RE: [CR]Living with torn brake hoods

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Chater-Lea)

From: "matt yee" <mattmatthew@hawaii.rr.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR]Living with torn brake hoods
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 08:33:08 -1000
In-Reply-To: <3ED6302F.D99BBC54@earthlink.net>


Yeah, I guess back then they would have never thought that bike components would be changing radically every 1-2 years...

Thankfully there are still suppliers of these types of hoods even though they aren't original campy hoods...

Matt Yee HI
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-
>> bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Schmidt
>> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 6:07 AM
>> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>> Subject: Re: [CR]Living with torn brake hoods
>>
>> Matt Yee wrote:
>> >
>> > (cut) It amazes me
>> > that for all the well-designed parts of that same era, the hoods were
>> > the most faulty.
>>
>> Not a design element, but a function of a choice in materials. You were
>> expected to replace the hoods when their life was up just as you would
>> tires.
>>
>> Chuck Schmidt
>> L.A.
>>
>> .