Re-wrapped the bars Sunday morning. No shellac. But, yes, using the twining method shown by Rivendell in a recent video. While at it, replaced the DirtDrop stem with a regular Nitto. Probably placebo effect, but the handling seems to have slightly changed for the better.
A photo here - http://tinyurl.com/283ed6k Did take the afternoon off work and swapped out the tires today before a longer ride (30 miles). Went to Pasela 700x35. Again, placebo effect is probably in effect, but the tires seemed to make the bike a bit zippier. (Photo above before the tire swap). Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Jul 9, 2:41 pm, William <[email protected]> wrote: > Ginz > > Yes, something like that. It was my first time so I am by no means an > expert. > > I bought the cheapest padded tape at REI. It was Profile brand. With > one roll I was able to do like a 7 inch layer on each 'grip'. With > the other roll I did another layer of padded tape. Then I took a > single roll of Toshi cloth. It has a removable backing to the > adhesive, so you can unroll it completely and cut it exactly in half. > That was plenty to cover the full length with a decent overlap. I > pulled it as tight as I could. I twined both ends for looks and went > to town with the clear Zinsser. > > Both the Profile tape and the Toshi cloth made it easy to cut without > having to deal with exposed adhesive. Profile has none, and Toshi has > backing. Newbaum's also has backing, so that will work too. > Tressostar and CatEye do not have backing, which will make it > tougher. > > Bill > > On Jul 9, 12:28 pm, Ginz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > What is your method for wrapping cloth over cork, specifically on the > > Bullmoose? Is it two layers of cork and one layer of cloth? > > Something like that...? > > > On Jul 9, 3:11 pm, William <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm just trying shellacked cloth OVER padded tape. Yeah, it's for the > > > 'grips' on my bullmoose bars, but I know several folks who use cloth > > > over padded on drop bars as well. Does shellacked cloth over padded > > > tape crack the same way shellacked cork does? > > > > On Jul 9, 11:12 am, CycloFiend <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > on 7/9/10 6:18 AM, Bill M. at [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > "Cork" tape is generally washable. A scrub with a little Simple Green > > > > > and water should make even white tape look clean again. > > > > > Murphy's Oil Soap will do the same. > > > > > -- > > > > Jim Edgar > > > > [email protected] > > > > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > > > > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > > > > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > > > > Gallery updates now appear here -http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com > > > > > "I had to ride slow because I was taking my guerrilla route, the one I > > > > follow when I assume that everyone in a car is out to get me." > > > > -- Neal Stephenson, "Zodiac"- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
