Thought I would start a new post to save confusing things by using my original thread ..............

I've made enquiries with a rubber belt manufacturer who make bespoke bands , gave them the sizes of the leather bands I have , which obviously are not accurate .The good news they can make rubber bands to any size for me .

Working on the sizes I gave them, the biggest cost is the tooling . They make a std band which is 153.00 Flat x 3.25 wall x 13.00mm no tooling involved .

The sizes I gave them 156.00 Flat x 4.00 wall x 13.00mm minimum quantity 25 .

Quote:
Many thanks for your enquiry, we quote as follows

Neoprene Rubber Bands

Size from Existing Tooling

153.00 Flat x 3.25 wall x 13.00mm

25 = £8.50 each

Size from new tool


156.00 Flat x 4.00 wall x 13.00mm

25 = £8.50 each

New tool part cost £95

Delivery 4/5 weeks, EX VAT, Carriage PAID

That works out around £370.00 approx 14.80 each , the next question is who would interested in buying one (25 people hopefully) if I get these made, obviously I don't want to be stuck with a lot of these bands plus the cost involved .

Ron is trying to get the actual size of the original band for me so wouldn't contemplate doing anything till then ,also I would discuss with the manufacturer first to make sure they are the right thing for the job.

Dave

email (option): davemb42@yahoo.com

Forgot to say if there is no tooling involved then they would come out around £10.08 . If no interest is shown then I'll only get the minimum quantity I can , Lex wants some I'll keep 3/4 myself and if anyone else wants some great , keeps the cost down .

I'm sending the manufacturer one of the small bands so they get the make up and elasticity correct .

Dave

Admire the effort and input on here, but seriously the narrower band is only slightly narrower than the 4 lower bands and around the same length...........

I had a NOS set plus spares of the wider bands.......I cut one wider one down with a Stanley knife (easy but patient work), renewed all the rubber tube-work (bushes) from items here in stock and assembled the forks into the frame starting with the steering stem lug, ball-head clip and rubbers............only tool I had to use was a long bar to slip the rubbers over the second set of bushes after first fitting one one set........easy ! No issues !!!

Third Flea I've built now and never an issue..........