Cobalto hoods are a bit like early C Record hoods, but are slightly different in the area where C Record has a quick release on the lever and Cobalto doesn't (because the quick release is on the calliper). Like early C Record, the Cobalto levers can be used with either cable routing.
Hugh Thornton Cheshire, England
jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net writes:
> I'm a little confused about Cobalto hoods, however. Were these aero hoods
> with no hole for the old non-aero cable routing? I've bought from an eBay
> "store" what were stated to be Cobalto hoods. These are white and look exactly
> like the hoods pictured. They appear to be the same shape as
> NR/SR/Victory/Triomphe. Either these are not in fact Cobalto hoods, or I am missing
> something as to the distinction between Cobalto and earlier hoods.