Just repaired an old set of Weinmann levers using Dia Compe bodies and pivots. Exact copy. The DC pivots were less worn, so I used those. Originals were red anodized, these were just bare aluminum. Mechanically identical pivots. ( Someone is probably calling me a heretic by now). Anyway, can't help but notice there a lot of interest in the anodized pivot color - red, black, none - why do we care? Do we care? Why did they bother anodizing them in the first place? To prevent oxidation? Curiosity has got me. Someone knows ....

Btw, I have heard in the end, DC was making a lot of Weinmann's stuff - no idea who made these.