Interesting take on cloth tape. I've never used cloth until my Sam Hill came with it (Riv's old floor model); even my earliest bikes had the crappy vinyl tape. I find it hard and rough on my bare palms, but I like the idea of wrapping it over cork or rubber -- may try that.
I don't like twine; have any of y'all glued the ends of cloth tape in place? Or shellacked it in place? On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Me <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks everyone... > > yep, it's their smallest, a 42cm with 26" wheels. > > Today's Lesson: How to "Trim" off her front & rear derailleurs and > shift [she's new to BarCons] with friction. > > Re: Cloth Tape: > > I find it comfortable. Looks are secondary to me, it works for me. > Daughter likes it too. Heck, my wife even likes it too [but she's > using cork grips on her Albatross bars these days]. > > I like 'feeling' the road and handlebar through my tape, guess that's > why I use cloth tape. > > -Scott > > On Apr 25, 10:39 am, kps <[email protected]> wrote: > > scott, > > i think it's awesome that you did this for your daughter. the > > pictures of her riding her new 'whip' make me smile. she looks great > > on the bike, and you can tell > > she's got a good thing going there....here's to you and to her, and i > > hope she enjoys the ride the rest of her life. i have no doubt she > > will! thanks for sharing. > > -kim > > PS: looking forward to seeing photos of your newly 'found' Bleriot, > > too. ;-) > > > > On Apr 25, 12:28 am, Me <[email protected]> wrote:> <snip> > > > > > For an early b-day/spring/summer gift, I bought my 10yr old daughter a > > > brand-spankin'-new Surly Long Haul Trucker... and surprised her with > > > it last night and then, early today got to our local bike ship for the > > > headset install + new KoolStop 'Salmon' brake pads. > > > > <snip> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] (505) 227-0523 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
