Jerry, To be more precise, without the cable adjusters in hand there may not be a large enough audience for Robbie to reproduce Mafac hoods. As he stated, the Universals he was kind enough to make available have not been blowing out the door compared to the Campy. I believe this is just a hobby for him. Think of his costs and time involved in producing just the models to make them. It's nothing like printing a set of decals.
Jay Dubiel Halifax, VA USA
On 4/17/2010 4:41 PM, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> I don't have one here, but I'm 99% sure it's "surronded by". The
> adjuster is not part of the hood. These are much like Universal,
> except the Universal adjuster threaded onto the lever body, I think
> these just fit into a hole in the body. The pictire shows a little
> rubber "boot" over the adjuster, again like Universal, but some later
> Mafacs did not have this.
> Regards,
> Jerry Moos
> Tiscaloosa, Alabama, USA
>
> --- On *Sat, 4/17/10, Jay Dubiel /<zoomdog@pure.net>/* wrote:
>
>
> From: Jay Dubiel <zoomdog@pure.net>
> Subject: Re: [CR] mafac half hoods..jays right
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010, 2:35 PM
>
> Jerry,
> Are you referring to the Mafac full Gum Hoods as shown in the
> attached link?
>
> http://s517.photobucket.com/
> http://s517.photobucket.com/
>
> If so, these have an even beefier two piece cable adjuster built
> into, or surrounded by, the rubber hood than the 1/2 Hoods do.
> They are also much more readily available at a reasonable price in
> NOS condition on eBay. They do not have the rarity, at this time,
> of the Campy hoods Robbie makes.
>
> Jay Dubiel
> Halifax, VA USA
>
>
>
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> Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:27:07 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Jerome& Elizabeth Moos<jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net
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> Subject: Re: [CR] mafac half hoods..jays right
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> Robbie, have you considered producing the Mafac full hoods like on
> later Competition, etc?? I believe these models had the adjuster
> threaded into the lever body, not part of the hood, very similar
> to Universal.? So the hoods should be able to be produced with no
> more difficulty than Universal.? As to the market, I think it
> would make sense for a group of CR members to "commision" and
> prepay for a production run large enough to make it economic.?
> We've done this before on CR jerseys and some other jerseys, or at
> least solicited preoders as with te recent Jack Taylor jerseys,
> which are great by the way, and the Rene Herse jerseys just
> completed.? I've commmissioned repro decals and repro Cinelli
> seatbolts in the pasts.
> ?
> I have several pairs of later Mafac levers plus one pair on the
> way that the CR seller cautioned me may have some hood issues.?
> I'd prepay for several pairs of a Mafac full hood production run
> and I think some other CR members would as well.
> ?
> Regards,
> ?
> Jerry Moos
> Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
>
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