I've used Campy hoods before on Zeus brakes. The shape of the lever bodies seems somewhere between Campy and Weinmann, so possibly either would fit, though neither perfectly. I'm now inclined to try Cane Creek or other Weinmann clones, or Euro-Asia Campy clones and save the Zeus hoods for show use only.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA
> From: Charles T. Young <youngc@ptd.net>
\r?\n> Subject: [CR] Zeus hoods; was Re: Cuevas Photos up on Wool Jersey and Questions
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 6:02 PM
\r?\n> ----- Original Message ----- Jerry
\r?\n> wrote:
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Finally, checking the storage yesterday, I was disappointed
\r?\n> to find that the Zeus hoods on the NOS Super Cronos brakes I
\r?\n> built this up with a year ago, plus NOS Zeus hoods I
\r?\n> installed on the 2000 brakes on my wife's ALAN Competition
\r?\n> at the same time have split already, just sitting in the
\r?\n> enclosed, though not climate-controlled storage. Thus they
\r?\n> lasted only about a year even with very little use. They
\r?\n> were gum hood, which usually don't last as long as non-gum,
\r?\n> but one year with nealy no use seems ridiculous. Anyone else
\r?\n> experience Zeus gum hoods being fragile, even by gum
\r?\n> standards?
\r?\n>
\r?\n> To which I respond:
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I had a similar experience. Although mine weren't in
\r?\n> climate-controlled storage, they weren't exposed to UV or
\r?\n> ozone from electrical motors. A NOS brakeset, they looked OK
\r?\n> out of the box, if a bit thin, and have crumbled to bits in
\r?\n> the space of about 3 years.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I'd like to know what the best fit would be for replacement
\r?\n> hoods. It would certainly be nice if the Weinmann pattern
\r?\n> ones that Velo-Orange offers for $10 would work but I expect
\r?\n> that a Campagnolo pattern will be required.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Charlie Young
\r?\n> Honey Brook, Pennsylvania USA