Re: [CR]Best budget hoods for Campy levers?

Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:10:28 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: Doug Van Cleve <dvancleve@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Best budget hoods for Campy levers?
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cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Doug Van Cleve wrote:
> Howdy folks.
>
> I need to replace the gooey and don't fit very well Dia-Compe hoods that
> are
> on some Nuovo-Record brake levers that I have. What is the best
> currently
> available option for a rider? I really don't want to pay anything near
> what
> NOS Campy hoods seem to sell for. Something brownish/gummish would be
> best
> I think, black probably okay. FWIW the bike is from 1975.

For a rider? My recommendation is the A'me hoods:

http://www.yellowjersey.org/brax.html

Only US$10/pair and they last forever! You can't go wrong!

--
John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA