old style brake hoods needed

I have a not-that-old bike with
Shimano Deore cantiliver brakes
and NON-CONCEALED cables.

Sadly, the hoods have now perished.

Does anyone know a source of
cable-through-the-top brake hoods?

I found this:

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/images/pr...hoodrust_l.jpg

but it seems to be out of stock or discontinued.

BugBear

bugbear wrote:
I have a not-that-old bike with
Shimano Deore cantiliver brakes
and NON-CONCEALED cables.

Sadly, the hoods have now perished.

Does anyone know a source of
cable-through-the-top brake hoods?

I found this:

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/images/pr...hoodrust_l.jpg

If ever in East Anglia, try Mick Madgett in Diss. He had a few when I last
enquired, though not the right shape for my old levers.


- Nigel


--
Nigel Cliffe,
Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/

Nigel Cliffe wrote:
If ever in East Anglia, try Mick Madgett in Diss. He had a few when I last
enquired, though not the right shape for my old levers.

I live in Diss! He has something, but it's
not ideal and it's not cheap.

BugBear

bugbear wrote:
Nigel Cliffe wrote:
If ever in East Anglia, try Mick Madgett in Diss. He had a few when
I last enquired, though not the right shape for my old levers.

I live in Diss! He has something, but it's
not ideal and it's not cheap.

You didn't mention "cheap" :-) I wouldn't spend lots on a "not ideal"
solution.

I reached the conclusion that new brake levers were going to be simpler in
the long term. So I'm carrying on with the old hoods until they
disintegrate, and then will fit something else. It will probably be part of
the grand 8-speed upgrade when a new cassette rear wheel goes on the bike,
along with Ergo shifters, etc..

If running an old Myrricle mirror, the mountain bike variant can be fitted
to the end of a drop-bar (assuming not used for bar-end shifters!).
Not as good a place as the original, but acceptable. My home workshop
could probably fit the mirror to an aero only lever in its original place,
but I don't think I'd want to risk an integrated brake/gear lever.


- Nigel


--
Nigel Cliffe,
Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/

bugbear wrote:
Nigel Cliffe wrote:
If ever in East Anglia, try Mick Madgett in Diss. He had a few when
I last enquired, though not the right shape for my old levers.

I live in Diss! He has something, but it's
not ideal and it's not cheap.

Alternative is the cycle jumble and trade stalls at Mildenhall cycle show
over August bank holiday.


I picked up some new-old-stock circa 1990 Suntour bits the other year to
keep my gear train running a bit longer.


- Nigel

--
Nigel Cliffe,
Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:21:01 +0100, bugbear
wrote:

I have a not-that-old bike with
Shimano Deore cantiliver brakes
and NON-CONCEALED cables.

Sadly, the hoods have now perished.

Does anyone know a source of
cable-through-the-top brake hoods?

I found this:

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/images/pr...hoodrust_l.jpg

but it seems to be out of stock or discontinued.

BugBear

I had the same problem and used short lengths of grab-on bar foam,
works very well.
- Mike

Mike Murphy wrote:
I found this:

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/images/pr...hoodrust_l.jpg

but it seems to be out of stock or discontinued.

BugBear

I had the same problem and used short lengths of grab-on bar foam,
works very well.

Artistically or creatively cut 'n' carved, I take it?

BugBear

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:21:01 +0100
bugbear wrote:

I have a not-that-old bike with
Shimano Deore cantiliver brakes
and NON-CONCEALED cables.

Sadly, the hoods have now perished.

Does anyone know a source of
cable-through-the-top brake hoods?

I found this:

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/images/pr...hoodrust_l.jpg

but it seems to be out of stock or discontinued.

I'm seriously considering having a go at moulding some using silicone
sealant and a plaster cast of my one remaining good Weinmann hood - they
seem to be rather difficult to find these days, and silly prices.

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:08:34 +0100, bugbear
wrote:

Mike Murphy wrote:
I found this:

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/images/pr...hoodrust_l.jpg

but it seems to be out of stock or discontinued.

BugBear

I had the same problem and used short lengths of grab-on bar foam,
works very well.

Artistically or creatively cut 'n' carved, I take it?

BugBear

I just cut a short length that fitted onto the brake lever without
impairing the travel of the lever; It works very well, better than the
original thin rubber hoods IMO, looks quite neat too.
- Mike