looking for parts for a rebuild gum brake hoods **********
09-17-06, 07:12 PM
#1
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: UNION DALE PA
Posts: 11
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
looking for parts for a rebuild gum brake hoods **********
ok been out of biking for a while and do a freshing up of my old bike. going to repalce the tires ,tubes and I have to change the brake hoods on the brake levers . the hoods were the gum rubber type and they just went to a very soft and sticky state.... yes there running off of the handle bars lol......
so can you still buy replacment ones my levers are shimano 600 ex
also tire size is 700c x 28c on bike now what is a good 700c size to use on bike now looking at Kenda K90 700x45 Reflective Hybrid/Road Tire at bike nashbar.com
when I bought the bike back in 79 ...yes 79 there was not the size and selection there is now
the bike I have is motobecane grand record
.jpg)
so can you still buy replacment ones my levers are shimano 600 ex
also tire size is 700c x 28c on bike now what is a good 700c size to use on bike now looking at Kenda K90 700x45 Reflective Hybrid/Road Tire at bike nashbar.com
when I bought the bike back in 79 ...yes 79 there was not the size and selection there is now
the bike I have is motobecane grand record
09-17-06, 07:17 PM
#2
Perineal Pressurized
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: In Ebritated
Posts: 6,555
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times
in
2 Posts
__________________
This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
09-17-06, 08:00 PM
#3
Banned.
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Posts: 4,761
Bikes: 84 Trek 660 Suntour Superbe; 87 Giant Rincon Shimano XT; 07 Mercian Vincitore Campy Veloce
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 3 Times
in
3 Posts
Not sure how good of a tire the Kenda or what kind of riding your doing. But I think your not going to be able to fit a 45 size tire on those rims not alone fit the frame and/or clear your calipers. You may not even be able to go past the 28's your using now, but if you can consider a 32; 45's are too large and really there is no need for that size even if your doing heavy touring.
And for being a 79, your bike appears to be in at least good condition.
And for being a 79, your bike appears to be in at least good condition.
09-17-06, 08:19 PM
#4
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 898
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Get 25's or 28, you'll have better speed out of that size tire and still sturdy enough for touring. Just buy something well made and nothing cheap.
09-18-06, 10:23 PM
#5
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: UNION DALE PA
Posts: 11
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Originally Posted by dobber
Think his site crashed link will not work
Jeff
09-18-06, 10:26 PM
#6
Light Cyclist
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 115
Bikes: Centurion Le Mans RS, Homebuilt Cyclocross (Nashbar frame), Homebuild Surly Disc Trucker Touring Rig
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
If you find a place, let me know. I have two old white gum ones, and they're filthy. I'd love to either clean them or get new ones, but they're white, and I haven't had any luck finding them in that color.
__________________
Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia.
~H.G. Wells
Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia.
~H.G. Wells
09-19-06, 11:04 AM
#7
Death fork? Naaaah!!
Originally Posted by SPEED FREAK
Think his site crashed link will not work
Jeff
Jeff
09-19-06, 03:35 PM
#8
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: UNION DALE PA
Posts: 11
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Originally Posted by top506
Works for me.
I called nashbar and ordered the tires and tubes whent with the 700cx 28c size.
sending the rims down to one of the local bike shops to get them trued up and a riding I should go
Jeff
09-19-06, 04:35 PM
#9
ot.net slave
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 571
Bikes: Salsa mtb * 3, Intense mtb * 1, Abeni SS rd * 1, Salsa road/touring * 2, Trek Damn one * 1, Vintage/projects * many
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
nice bike - I'm currently fixing up a 1979 racer with dura-ace EX. I'll be getting replacement levers from banana_brain on ebay. He's got the goods - even if a little pricey at times!
- Joel
- Joel
