Hoods for dual-cable MAFAC lever
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I thought about hijacking the other thread going on MAFAC lever hoods, but decided probably best not to.
I have this old tandem with these three brakes (two canti and one drum) and I want to keep it stock which means reusing the old Mafac levers, which include a dual cable lever on the left. I need hoods for them, unless I go full Jan Heine and just polish them up. I don't know if I'm bad@$$ enough for that though. They're the old Mafac levers with the tall adjuster barrels, so they could take either half-hoods or full hoods. The dual cable lever does not have the adjusters, just some small ferrules, so it's at least a bit smaller thing to fit through the hole.
My question is, does anyone have any idea whether any hoods will take two cables in a hole designed for only one? I know there was a special dual cable half-hood manufactured, but I have never seen one in person, let alone up for sale. I have only ever seen like one google image of such a thing. I asked the folks at Velo Orange if they thought the Rustines half-hoods would stretch around two cables, but they advised against it. I bet cutting or drilling a second hole through the rubber or enlarging the existing hole without tearing the hood apart would be very difficult. I know it's a long shot, but does anybody have any ideas? Perhaps I should ring up Olivier chez Cycles Alex Singer and ask if he has an example he'd part with?
I have this old tandem with these three brakes (two canti and one drum) and I want to keep it stock which means reusing the old Mafac levers, which include a dual cable lever on the left. I need hoods for them, unless I go full Jan Heine and just polish them up. I don't know if I'm bad@$$ enough for that though. They're the old Mafac levers with the tall adjuster barrels, so they could take either half-hoods or full hoods. The dual cable lever does not have the adjusters, just some small ferrules, so it's at least a bit smaller thing to fit through the hole.
My question is, does anyone have any idea whether any hoods will take two cables in a hole designed for only one? I know there was a special dual cable half-hood manufactured, but I have never seen one in person, let alone up for sale. I have only ever seen like one google image of such a thing. I asked the folks at Velo Orange if they thought the Rustines half-hoods would stretch around two cables, but they advised against it. I bet cutting or drilling a second hole through the rubber or enlarging the existing hole without tearing the hood apart would be very difficult. I know it's a long shot, but does anybody have any ideas? Perhaps I should ring up Olivier chez Cycles Alex Singer and ask if he has an example he'd part with?