Jan Heine wrote:
>> So the MAFAC half hood then dates from 1948 according to the
>> Rebour article.
>
> I think I recall a reference from 1950 saying it finally was
> available for sale. In September 1948, Rebour commented that it
> wasn't available to the public yet.
>
> So I'd say sometime between 1949 and 1950 for the introduction to
> the public.
My point was that the MAFAC half hood dates from Paris-Brest 1948 according to the Rebour article and my guess would be that the Vittoria <<Tour de France "Bartali">> hood would date to 1948 Tour de
France. I have no idea when the Vittoria <<Tour de France "Bartali">> hood went on sale to the public.
Interesting to me that Vittoria, an Italian company seemed to have almost the entire rubber hood business judging by the following list of brakes (countries) they supplied hoods to:
\u2022Tour de France "Bartali" (Italy) \u2022Giro (Italy) \u2022Universal (Italy) \u2022Balilla (Italy) \u2022Constrictor (England) \u2022GB (England) \u2022Bowden (France) \u2022Weinmann (Switzerland) \u2022Gloria (Italy) \u2022Lam (France) \u2022Follis (France) \u2022Amortisseur (Italy) \u2022Super Amortisseur (Italy)
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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