robertj298 

I've tried googling this and asking on a different post. I'm looking for brake hoods to fit my 2 bikes that have Dia Compe AC 250G levers
I've found Dia Compe Aero Brake hoods but they don't list if they will fit the model I have and I can't find any compatibility chart for
any other hoods. So will any Dia Compe Aero hood fit my levers?

Charles Wahl

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Old-Sto...oAAOxyJ8ZRhC6b

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Old-Sto...EAAOSwNgxWDZVN

Will they fit? Who knows? YMMV. When you get into restoration and maintenance of components that are off the beaten track, it's much more of a craps shoot.

robertj298 

You would think Dia Compe and others that make duplicates would have a listing of exactly what levers their product would fit.
It would be like looking for a headlight for a Chevy Malibu and all you can find are headlights that say Chevy.

rccardr 

Don’t understand. Both eBay listings clearly state that the hoods listed will fit a 250 lever. The seller is long established and well regarded & included a whole heck of a lot more info than most do.
Am I missing something?

merziac

I would encourage you to provide a pic of the lever for us.

Often times someone here has figured out a workaround or that something that doesn't say it will work, does and vice-versa.

Apologies if you already did elsewhere but as something like this escalates, we can't have too much info.

robertj298 

I don't think I want pink and not sure if I want to pay over 50 bucks for a pair

Classtime 

Then you are out of luck. I have an idea: Get the pink ones and use them as a model to make a mold and start a brake-lever-hood-making hobby. I'll buy a pair of black ones from you. Then make some hoods for the non aero 600 levers.

Cougrrcj

I tried finding the AGC250 hoods for my '86 Miyata 710 for a loooong time. Some SAY they fit the AGC250, but are waaaaaay too long/tall. I got a few sets of those. After throwing my money away trying to find unicorn horn polish, I found it easier to buy a whole set of 'like new-take-offs' levers w/hoods on the 'bay.

pastorbobnlnh 

Send your levers to me (in winter months only) and I'll make custom fitted goat leather ones in any color (available in goat leather). No vegans, please.

Dura Ace AX levers with goatskin hoods (prototype)

cannonride15

These are the ones I use on my AGC-250 aero levers, fit perfect. https://www.modernbike.com/product-2126252997
Sorry not available in pink, but black is the old orange.

robertj298 

Thanks I'll have to give them a try

squirtdad

it just doesn't work that way more likely you look up chevy malibu 67 and get that it is a T3 headlight that fits chevy, pontiac, caddy, oldmobile, buick and even corvairs and the volume of production was millions

bike production of parts is way less volume and the cost to make and inventory parts that maybe a few thousand people a year are looking for is not worth it

and even more surprising to me with i got into this stuff was how fast replacements for new stuff like only one or two generation behind current are hard to find.