Re: [CR]Re: Now:_fitting_honking_rubbers

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From: "Dr. Paul Williams" <castell5@sympatico.ca>
To: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Now:_fitting_honking_rubbers
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:45:55 -0400
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cc: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

John,

You would think, but they are quite stiff and the hole relatively small - I wonder if a little heat would help, or talc as with later hoods?

I did also remove the lever from the lever body and this may help. I honestly haven't given it much effort yet as I am still a bit away from applying the brakes (so to speak!)

They are quite nicely fashioned - they are copies of the original shockstops that Pete Paine had produced (as far as I have been told) but are stamped clubhoods.

Cheers,

Paul.

Paul Williams,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada


----- Original Message -----
From: John Betmanis
To: Classic Rendezvous
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 6:36 PM
Subject: [CR]Re: Now:_fitting_honking_rubbers



>I just looked at the eBay item in question, No. 320230243229,
> http://i23.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/e3/09/686e_1_b.JPG . These look like they
> could be easily fitted by just removing the levers from the bars. The ones
> I was familiar with were made of amber gum rubber and had an embossed
> pattern and also an extension where the cables were. I've seen them on the
> web, but I'm damned if I can find them again.
>
> John Betmanis
> Woodstock, Ontario
> Canada