Are these hoods something special?
12-19-23, 08:23 PM
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Are these hoods something special?
I was about to trim them to fit campy levers while I seek out proper GLOBE hoods, then it occurred to me that they could mean more to someone else.
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12-19-23, 09:37 PM
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Look like the early 70’s Universal center pull’s lever hoods that came on my ‘72 Botty Special.
I’ll put good money on either juvela or repechage identifying them in a few minutes.
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They also look like hoods from Weinmann.....
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They are special, in the sense that they seem to hold up better than almost all other hoods.
Mine came on a pair of unbranded levers:
Mine came on a pair of unbranded levers:
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Bingo!
they appear to be replicas of a hood introduced by Weinmann in the mid-1970's with a semi-anatomic shape which was designed to be a good fit on standard Weinmann road levers
no guesses as to who the producer may be
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Bingo!
they appear to be replicas of a hood introduced by Weinmann in the mid-1970's with a semi-anatomic shape which was designed to be a good fit on standard Weinmann road levers
no guesses as to who the producer may be
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They look Balilla to me. Later versions
similar to-
not exact. But overall shape is close.
these are on Amazon - cheap
similar to-
not exact. But overall shape is close.
these are on Amazon - cheap
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have never known the vendor for the Balilla/Galli booties
would love to find some of the old pattern ones with the red/white hotstamp
some Italian manufacturers employed Atalanta Gomma
IIRC Fratelli Pietra used Vittoria S.p.A. - but they only launched in '53 so do not know who they would have employed prior to that
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