The anatomic Modolos are a very comfortable hood and an excellent fit. There is also a hood by AME that looks the same, not quite as good a fit, and is just as comfortable, IMHO.
Ken Freeman, Ann Arbor, MI
> Toni.Theilmeier@t-online.de wrote:
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\r?\n> > I would
\r?\n> > appreciate it if someone could give me a hint on what brake lever gum
\r?\n> > hoods fit old-style NR brake levers. Perhaps anyone can even help me to
\r?\n> > keep my road bike on the road by furnishing the parts? No NOS original
\r?\n> > fancy stuff needed, just something to keep the bike rideable.
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\r?\n> Anything you find to fit will be old stock. Euro-Asia imports made a
\r?\n> no-logo copy you can find on eBay now and then. These pass casual
\r?\n> inspection well enough, but do have a noticeable seam along the side.
\r?\n> Modolo 919 and 920 hoods work well and seem to be relatively available.
\r?\n> They're on eBay pretty regularly, and American Cyclery in San Francisco
\r?\n> (http://www.americancyclery.com/) seems to have a stock -- at least I
\r?\n> got a couple sets from them earlier this year.
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\r?\n> The Modolo 919s are the "anatomic" model; more comfortable than the
\r?\n> original hoods, in my opinion at least, but the 920s are more similar to
\r?\n> the original ones.
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\r?\n> I also got a set of CLB gum hoods from Banana Brain that look like they
\r?\n> might work, and the CLB sunburst logo on the side looks almost like the
\r?\n> famous "globe" Campy used.
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\r?\n> http://www.os2.dhs.org/
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\r?\n> >From left to right: Campy globe, Campy shield, Modolo 920, Modolo 919,
\r?\n> CLB, and "no-name" (also from Banana Brain).
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\r?\n> -John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
\r?\n> Appleton WI USA