Try a little water based "personal lubricant". This won't damage the rubber and is really slick. Don't use to much or you'll slip over the bars.Art Link-a lover not a fighter-,San Antonio,Texas,United States of America
"Dr. Paul Williams" <castell5@sympatico.ca> wrote: From: "Dr. Paul Williams" <castell5@sympatico.ca> To: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net> Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Now:_fitting_honking_rubbers Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:45:55 -0400 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
>I just looked at the eBay item in question, No. 320230243229,
> http://i23.ebayimg.com/
> 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
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