Gilbert Anderson wrote:
>
> In a message dated 5/29/03 1:36:17 PM, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org
> writes:
>
> >
> >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.
>
> Hello Chuck,
>
> Whoa back now. Remember steel and aluminum hoods from the same era seemed to
> last and last.
>
> Now the current trend replacing long lasting alloy Campagnolo parts with
> carbon fiber designs should now allow these items to last for centuries of hard
> use.
>
> We now live in a world of pure perfection,
>
> Gilbert Anderson
Silly me, Gilbert. When Matt wrote about faulty hoods I naturally assumed he was talking about rubber hoods rotting. I actually have never heard of steel and aluminum hoods; brake lever bodies yes, steel and aluminum hoods, no. Explain?
Chuck Schmidt L.A.
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