Re: [CR] Asking Manufactures to remanufacture older sought afterbicyc le comp...

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Cinelli)

From: "P.C. Kohler" <kohl57@starpower.net>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Asking Manufactures to remanufacture older sought afterbicyc le comp...
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:16:45 -0500



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From: Bainbridge
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Subject: Re: [CR] Asking Manufactures to remanufacture older sought


afterbicyc le comp...

If folks in this group are serous about making hoods, an appropriate mold would cost roughly $2500-$3500 and the cost of the hoods themselves pretty affordable.

WOW!

I don't want to carry this topic along any further, but this quote is similar to what I got from US sources for my Raleigh grips. Simply absurd.

The Lee-Healey Co. Ltd. in England (which is famous in the cycling world as the old Britannia brand of tyres and grips etc) charged me £400 (now about $750) for the mould for my grips. I suspect they would charge the same for hoods. Of course you need to add in shipping from the UK. But the US sources I found were either dismissive of such a small scale project or quoted this ridiculous $2500 mould cost which is being dismissive but helpful at the same time!

If anyone IS serious about this, I'd be happy to supply the e-mail address and contact person at Lee-Healey. They are brilliant to work with by the way.

Peter Kohler
Washington DC USA