Peter,
Maybe I got them mixed up. My LBS had some of both. I bought several pairs of the DIA-COMPE hoods but can't bring myself around to using them because of the punchouts!
Can you have some gum hoods made without and name of logo? They would look better on classic restorations.
NOS Weinmann hoods have been selling on eBay for upwards of $50 a set.
Chas. Colerich Oakland, CA USA
Peter Gilbert wrote:
> The Cane Creek gum or black hoods that fit the original Dia-Compe pattern,
> do not have the extension lever punch outs...They are a current product in
> our product line...
>
> Peter Gilbert
> Cane Creek Cycling
> Fletcher, NC USA
>
> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 2:58 PM, verktyg <verktyg@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> NOS DIA-COMPE rubber brake lever hoods frequently come up for auction on
>> eBay. The problem (at least for me) is that most of these rubber hoods have
>> little circles on each side that you can punch out to use with "suicide
>> levers" - the unsafe "safety" brake lever extensions.
>>
>> We reviled those at our shop back in the day, so much so much that we
>> refused to sell suicide levers and removed them from any new bike that came
>> equipped with them.
>>
>> The idea looked great except most brake extension levers were poorly
>> designed. The ones for DIA-COMPE/Weinmann levers could easily come loose and
>> pop out of the lever leaving the rider with their hands on the tops of the
>> bars and only 1 brake - usually the rear!
>>
>> Cane Creek the inheritor of the DIA-COMPE product line in the US makes some
>> replacement hoods for DIA-COMPE/Weinmann levers. All of the ones I've seen
>> so far have those stupid punchouts on the sides.
>>
>> I've crazy glued the cracks in several old sets of Weinmann hoods rather
>> than use hoods that remind me of suicide levers.
>>
>> When someone gets a set of the Grand Bois hoods, please let us know what
>> they look like. I suspect that they may be the same as the ones that Cane
>> Creek is selling?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Chas. Colerich
>> Oakland, CA USA
>>
>> Nick Ozerov wrote: