Art,
That conjures up all sorts of images and is wide open to inuendo - I am not sure whether to involve my wife or not. I just mentioned your suggestion to her. She laughed and said that would certainly work yand that ou can also warm them up in your hands or with a hair dryer - shame the kids have only just gone to bed!!!
Paul.
Paul Williams,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
> 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
>
> ----- 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/
>> 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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