[CR]Universal brake hoods

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Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:31:52 -0700
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Jan Heine" <heine94@earthlink.net>
Subject: [CR]Universal brake hoods

Does anybody know when and how Universal brake hoods changed? I have seen them with blue paint in the depressed "Universal" and without. Some have aluminum barrel adjusters, others are covered with rubber.

Which came first, and which are appropriate for a 1957 bike?

Thank you for any input.
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Jan Heine
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