Wow thanks, Great information, so they really are a period item!!
Pity they're no longer available most likely.
Do you recall the name?
Jon Tromp Seattle
-----Original Message----- From: henox [mailto:henox@icycle.net] Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 5:26 PM To: Tromper; Classic Rendezvous Subject: Re: [CR]Honking Velcro
Subject: [CR]Honking Velcro
Tromper asked:
>Odd thing on the 83 Trek I picked up.
> The hoods were long gone, but the levers had what essentially looked like
> "Honking Rubbers" except they were made of nylon & velcro'd on. A bit
worn,
> nylon won't hold up as well as rubber I'm sure, & probaly not truly
vintage (80's..Maybe..).? I was
> kinda planning on just getting new hoods at this point, but they were
kinda neat
> in their own way.
>
> I'm kinda curious, anyone else seen these around? Can ya still get 'em?
My company distributed Spenco to bike shops in the '70's to '80's and the lever pads were a Spenco product. The pads were made from nylon faced Rubatex wet suit neoprene with hook and loop for attachment. Never a really popular product but they did work reasonably well (better than nothing!). Pretty sure no longer made but you never know what NOS parts will turn up on ebay.
Cheers,
Hugh Enox
La Honda, California, USA
warm and sunny today