Re: [CR]Strange (?) Campy hoods on Ebay.

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Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 17:24:56 -0400
From: "Tim Victor" <timvictor@gmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Strange (?) Campy hoods on Ebay.
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On 5/12/05, Tom Dalton wrote:
> There is very little description, and perhaps the aspect ratio of the ima ge
> is screwed up, but do these look like Record/Super Record gum hoods
> to the rest of you? The shape and the position of the molding lines make
> these look like Cobalto. However, the Cobalto hoods were all white, as
> far as I know. Well, there were a few sets in black that were on the Bia nchi
> Centenarios... so maybe Campy made a batch of gum for some other
> favored OEM client. Or, perhaps these are home-grown repros, based
> on a casting of a Cobalto original. It would be funny if some enterprisi ng
> guy was "forging" Campy hoods and inadvertantly reproduced the model
> that nobody wants.
> http://ebay.com/<blah me=MERC_VIC_ReBay_Pr4_PcY_BID>
>
> Ebay item # 7153934171
>From what I can see in the photo, they are identical to the gum hoods that I have on my Pinarello. They came as part of a brake set (cables missing) that I got for cheap in the scratch 'n' dent room at Performance Bikes in Carrboro NC in 1987. Everyone except me wanted aero levers by then.

You're likely right that they aren't Record or Super Record, though I'm hardly an authority. Peter Koskinen identified the brakes on my bike as Victory IIRC. The seller only claims that they are Campagnolo and they do seem to match what I've got..

Hope this helps...

Peace,

Tim Victor
Greensboro, NC