Re: [CR] Rubber Hood Care

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:28:38 -0700
From: "Jack Gabus" <jgabus@gmail.com>
To: CR <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Rubber Hood Care


Hoods, tires and tube. The best place I ever found is in a glad bag in the refridgerator. Frame not included.

Cheers,

JG

On 6/23/10, David Snyder <dddd@pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> Minimizing ozone-laden outside air exposure is key, so the house is usually
> better than the garage, and the air in a closet has already had the vast
> majority of the air's oxidizing ozone attracted out to the other materials
> in the house and closet.
> Temperature plays only a minor role, but high temperatures correspond to
> poor summer air quality in many locales.
>
> Near an outside vent is worst. (actually, atop a moving car is the very
> worst).
> Covering the bars with a bag is a big improvement.
> Covering a row of bikes with a tarp prevents corrosive dust buildup as well
> as excluding ozone, but a tarp shouldn't extend quite to ground level lest
> humidity from the floor gets trapped within.
>
> Storing hoods alone is easy, just package them up so air currents can't get
> to 'em. A couple of layers of paper will do fine, or a box within a box.
> Ozone molecules will stick to almost anything that's in the way of the
> hoods.
>
> David Snyder
> using a well-sealed garage to good effect in
> Auburn, CA usa
>
>
>>
>> Having just paid a great deal for some NOS rubber hoods, any suggestions
>> on care and feeding? I know enough not to Armour All them.
>>
>> Bill Koonce
>> Seattle, WA
>
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