Jerry Moos wrote:
The all-alloy ones take the well-known MAFAC half hoods or the less typical full hoods. Levers which originally took full hoods are often, but perhaps not always, drilled. I was a bit puzzled myself until recently by the ones with alloy levers and black plastic bodies. I am told these were a "superlight" model. I recently acquired a mid 70's Peugeot PY-10 bike that came with these. The plastic body and lack of rubber hoods saved a bit of weight. ++++++++++++++++ Just for the record, I have a pair with white bodies and adjusters. Not better, just different. Think of the funk potential with some permutations: black levers with white adjusters and vice versa, or a pair of bikes with black handles on the right and white handles on the left, to help remember which brake is front and which is back... This, of course, would require matching handlebar tape. :-)
Harvey "appointed funkmeister by others" sachs mcLean va.