Brake hood covers

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Dusting off the old Miyata 912, starting to ride again
after years of not.

Depends on which brakes they are. Shimano 600 hoods are only
available with the levers included, as far as I can
determine. $25.00 US.

They are an integrated part.

If your brakes are other than Shimano 600 your mileage may
vary.

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neutrino99 said:

Dusting off the old Miyata 912, starting to ride again
after years of not. I've noticed that the rubber covers
over the brake levers have dry rotted out. I've not had
any luck finding replacements (want to replace only the
rubber part, not the entire brake lever set. The brake
levers I have were the old non-aero style, with the
brake cables coming out the top. Anybody know where I
can get these?

They have rubber covers? Mine didn't. I got it in pretty
good condition at a yard sale for $25 a number of years ago.
Do you know what year those were born?

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Quoted message said:

Dusting off the old Miyata 912, starting to ride again
after years of not. I've noticed that the rubber covers
over the brake levers have dry rotted out. I've not had
any luck finding replacements (want to replace only the
rubber part, not the entire brake lever set. The brake
levers I have were the old non-aero style, with the
brake cables coming out the top. Anybody know where I
can get these?

I got some 2 years ago for my 1984 Schwinn--at the
local bike shop. They had no problem ordering some. Try
there, first.

Pat in TX

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The brake levers I have were the old non-aero style, with
the brake cables

coming out the top. Anybody know where I can get these?

These gum rubber hoods are more or less fungible. I recently
bought a pair of DiaCompe hoods and they fit my Campy top-
cable levers. DiaCompe hoods are still available.... What
kind of brake levers you got?

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They have rubber covers? Mine didn't. I got it in pretty
good condition at a yard sale for $25 a number of years
ago. Do you know what year those were born?

There was an older Shimano 600 lever with a rubber hood and
a drilled lever before the integrated plastic and the gray
non-drilled lever face. Maybe that's what he's got.

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Eric S. Sande said:

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They have rubber covers? Mine didn't. I got it in pretty
good condition at a yard sale for $25 a number of years
ago. Do you know what year those were born?

There was an older Shimano 600 lever with a rubber hood
and a drilled lever before the integrated plastic and the
gray non-drilled lever face. Maybe that's what he's got.

I was picturing old, 70's Dia-Compe levers with brown gutta-
percha hood covers. I've got an old "10-speed" (5-cog
freewheel) with those, in surprisingly good condition. I
sometimes see them on other old bikes, in various stages of
disintegration.

Gutta-percha covers are actually quite comfortable,
especially in freezing temps.

cheers, Tom

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I was picturing old, 70's Dia-Compe levers with brown gutta-
percha hood covers. I've got an old "10-speed" (5-cog
freewheel) with those, in surprisingly good condition. I
sometimes see them on other old bikes, in various stages of
disintegration.

It's a Miyata 912, which IIRC speced Shimano 600 brakes. I
could be wrong, I freely admit it in advance.

These are the old 600 levers.

firstflightbikes.comnew page 1.htmOpen ↗

See LLEVER70.

These are the "new" 600 levers.

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See item BR009A3.

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Eric S. Sande said:

It's a Miyata 912, which IIRC speced Shimano 600 brakes. I
could be wrong, I freely admit it in advance.

Me too. It was just the first image that popped into my
mind.

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These are the old 600 levers.

firstflightbikes.comnew page 1.htmOpen ↗

See LLEVER70.

I think you're right.

cheers, Tom

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Eric S. Sande said:

Quoted message said:

I was picturing old, 70's Dia-Compe levers with brown gutta-
percha hood covers. I've got an old "10-speed" (5-cog
freewheel) with those, in surprisingly good condition. I
sometimes see them on other old bikes, in various stages
of disintegration.

It's a Miyata 912, which IIRC speced Shimano 600 brakes. I
could be wrong, I freely admit it in advance.

These are the old 600 levers.

firstflightbikes.comnew page 1.htmOpen ↗

See LLEVER70.

Those are the ones I have on my bike. They say '600' on the
top, which isn't visible in the picture.

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These are the "new" 600 levers.

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cycles/resultaten.asp?t=1&p=1

See item BR009A3.

Very nice, but much too new. The old Shimano 600 stuff is
REALLY pretty.

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neutrino99 said:

Dusting off the old Miyata 912, starting to ride again
after years of not. I've noticed that the rubber covers
over the brake levers have dry rotted out. I've not had any
luck finding replacements (want to replace

Try using handlebar tape, or Plasti-Dip.
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neutrino99 said:

Dusting off the old Miyata 912, starting to ride again
after years of not. I've noticed that the rubber covers
over the brake levers have dry rotted out. I've not had
any luck finding replacements (want to replace

Try using handlebar tape, or Plasti-Dip.

I covered a pair of old, non-aero, levers with some lengths
of split inner tube, then wrapped bar tape over.

neutrino99 said:

Dusting off the old Miyata 912, starting to ride again
after years of not. I've noticed that the rubber covers
over the brake levers have dry rotted out. I've not had
any luck finding replacements (want to replace only the
rubber part, not the entire brake lever set. The brake
levers I have were the old non-aero style, with the
brake cables coming out the top. Anybody know where I
can get these?

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