All-
Thanks for all the replies to my question... very helpful.
One more question- somewhere recently I saw a photo of Campy hoods and they are clear or opaque in color. What are they called and are they difficult (and expensive) to find?
Thanks-
-Scott Cutshall NYC, NY
srd@gocalnet.com wrote:
>Scott,
>
>I'm fairly sure that those are Campy Chorus levers. They were similar to
>C-Record, but, as I recall, the C-Record didn't have the release button.
>Chorus did for sure. C-Record was the lightest/top group of the mid-to-late
>1980's and early 90's groups, so maybe they left off the releases for that
>purpose.
>
>Steve Dahlquist
>Velochrome
>Exeter, California
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
>[mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of SCutshall
>Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 5:04 AM
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]Campy Lever/Hood Identify Question??
>
>Hello-
>
>With all the ongoing talk about Campy hoods, reproduction versus NOS, etc
>this is sort of ironic. I was out riding with my wife and daughter
>yesterday and at a red light an old fella was sitting on his porch
>apparently taking a rest after raking leaves off his sidewalk. He looked us
>over while I smiled at him and then he said to come over to his porch steps.
>He went inside and a few minutes later he came out with a paper bag and
>hands it to me and then says, "My kid always collected this kinda stuff...
>he's dead now and I ain't got no use for it. Take it" I took a quick peek
>inside and could see part of a brake lever, I thanked him and we went on our
>way.
>
>I'll be the first to admit I know nothing about Campy other than it's
>Italian-made and that's about it. I took some photos and thought who better
>to know what year, model, etc than the fine folks on the CR List.
>
>Everything appears to be rather clean and unused, the hoods have a few
>little smudged/dirty areas even though the photos made them look quite
>clean. Here are 2 photos of the hoods and 2 of the levers...
>
>http://tinypic.com/ndilz
>
>http://tinypic.com/ndimg
>
>http://tinypic.com/ndims
>
>http://tinypic.com/ndipu
>
>So did I hit paydirt or just dirt? Seriously, just curious what they are,
>year/model, etc... any info much appreciated.
>
>Thanks-
>
>-Scott Cutshall
>NYC, NY