afterbicyc le comp...
If folks in this group are serous about making hoods, an appropriate mold would cost roughly $2500-$3500 and the cost of the hoods themselves pretty affordable.
WOW!
I don't want to carry this topic along any further, but this quote is similar to what I got from US sources for my Raleigh grips. Simply absurd.
The Lee-Healey Co. Ltd. in England (which is famous in the cycling world as the old Britannia brand of tyres and grips etc) charged me £400 (now about $750) for the mould for my grips. I suspect they would charge the same for hoods. Of course you need to add in shipping from the UK. But the US sources I found were either dismissive of such a small scale project or quoted this ridiculous $2500 mould cost which is being dismissive but helpful at the same time!
If anyone IS serious about this, I'd be happy to supply the e-mail address and contact person at Lee-Healey. They are brilliant to work with by the way.
Peter Kohler
Washington DC USA