The correct ‘aero’ Campagnolo brake lever hood for your vintage race bike

As i just can’t handle seeing  post of people on eBay and Facebook selling these items and saying that they will fit on ‘all c-record levers’ i had to clarify things a bit so here we are…

Looking for information on c-record levers instead of just the hoods? click here for c record and here for nuovo levers or NR/SR/GS hoods

1984-88?

Suitable for:

• First generation Campagnolo aero lever
• Super record 4th gen brakes (note, the classic super record brake levers were used with these as well)
• 1st gen Corsa Record delta
• The famous cobalto brakes
• Oh, wait they are all the same! (or not? More info in one of our next blog posts)

To be recognised by:

• Your eyes…
• No cutout for the quick release in the lever
• Ribbing on top and bottom for ‘extra grip’ and most of all more cleaning work

• Chorus
• Athena
• Corsa -record

To be recognised by:

• Cutout for the quick release in the lever
• Only ribbing on the bottom
• extra edge on the side (top of the rubber isn’t smooth, but the bottom is) note: usually everything is smooth due to extensive use like your mom
• A Little bit thicker than the previous model (more comfort and better durability. They still don’t give any comfort at all to be honest but at least they tried).
• White, introduced in 1984 (on the Campagnolo victory levers).
• Fits Triomphe (brown), nuovo record (brown, up to 1986), super record (brown and often white in ’85-87) and victory (white only).

Do’s:

• Buy them from us! (send an email to QUICKRELEASE@LECYCLEUR.COM to order some) we have the second gen type hood in stock in black and white (most of the time) Universal as well.
• Use soap and water to clean them ( with an old toothbrush and a water-based degreaser it usually works great).
• Put some talk powder on them every month (note: can vary a lot depending on how much you ride your bike and the surrounding temperature (higher means more powder needed).
• Mount them on your lever by putting on some talk powder or vaseline on the lever and hood and slide them on through the back of the lever.
• You can fold them over to mount your handlebar tape once they are fastened on the handlebars
• these are not made from natural rubber and therefore a lot more resistant to UV-light, although i don’t recommend keeping your bike in direct sunlight these should be able to handle it (but your tires won’t)

Definitely don’ts

• Crash them, can’t think of anything else to be honest.

Like what you see but not what you need to know? Take a look at “Campagnolo c-record brake levers explained”

some used hoods old vs the new ones we sell

Pricing

How to buy

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