White "Carlton" Brake Hoods?
 

Good morning everyone,

I have a pair of white heavy rubber brake hoods that came off of my old Raleigh Grand Prix late (60s or early 70s).

Do they have any value to anyone?

Im replacing them with a new set of Weinmann-like rubber hoods. This bike is my bad weather 'rider".

Im not very educated on what "Carlton" might mean.

Sure there hard to find in good shape.

Raleigh acquired Carlton to build their 10-speeds in the late 50s. I'm sure someone would want.

If they're full hoods (for full coverage of a Weinmann or Dia-Compe type brake lever housing) rather than the type that cover only the top half of the lever housing, then I would take them; and even pay a little for them if they're not split or otherwise deteriorated. PM me if you still have them.

I sold a pair of those on eBay for $50 not too long ago.

Well, I have others, so I'm not playing for $50! I don't need "Carlton" that bad.

Really? I'll have to start bringing them home, I see them all the time in the bins at the bicycle recycle type shops.

Sorry - didn't mean to scotch your deal, and I'm not saying they're worth $50. More precisely, I had a set (still mounted to the Diacompe levers) that I took off a Raleigh GP. I put them on eBay with no reeserve and a $50 BIN (just fishin'), and someone actually wanted them bad enough to pay up.

Probably a one-time thing - sure surprised the heck out of me!

On the other side of the coin, I put the red capped "C" chrome wheel nuts up with no reserve and no BIN, and they only fetched 1 bid and $5.

No problem; it wasn't my deal. I think that people should get what their stuff is worth (that's why I always overpay).

And the wheel nuts -- well, you need to spell it out: "C is for Carlton, get it?" Anyway, who looks at wheel nuts? But everyone looks at brake levers.