Re: [CR] CLB brake lever hood questions

From: "R.S. Broderick" <rsb000@hotmail.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:11:48 -0800
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Subject: Re: [CR] CLB brake lever hood questions

Tom,

I believe that you would be well advised to spend a bit of time perusing the CLB material which has been posted for public consumption at Velo-Pages:

http://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemIdR

... and specifically, perhaps, this particular entry:

http://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId58&g2_imageViewsIndex=1

In short, yes, there are/were several different iterations of late model CLB brake hoods, each one of which is/was specific to only select models of their brake levers.

Robert "Hood - and his band of merry mentions" Broderick ...the "Chronically Cloudy Clime" of Oregon Portland, USA

-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Adams Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 8:35 PM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR] CLB brake lever hood questions

Dear List:

I've got a latish set of CLB Profesionel sidepull brakes with levers.  The hoods on the levers are rather thoroughly rotted through.  Looking at the levers, they seem very close in outline to Weinmann levers.  And there are some CLB brake hoods floating around ebay.

The questions:

Does anyone know whether there are more than one type of CLB brake hood?  Or will any CLB hood fit any CLB lever?

Will weinmann hoods fit CLB lever bodies satisfactorily?

Thanks

Tom Adams
Manhattan, KS, USA