Originally Posted by
bikemig
This bike is beautiful and it's a heck of a rebuild. Those white weinmann hoods seem to survive better than the gum ones. I wouldn't mind finding a set for the Raleigh Grand Sport I'm rebuilding.
Thanks. The mechanicals were mostly sourced from Ebay and local swap meets. I think the bars, brake levers, hoods and stem were found together online. There is a local shop with a back room full of vintage odds and ends at grest prices, Atomic Cycles in Van Nuys, CA. The white hoods were in good shspe and just needed cleaning. I have a Legnano with Universal gummed hoods, on their third set, since I got the bike new in 1964 (two repro sets since 2015). They almost rot before your eyes.
