Hey Bruce fantastic review of various wraps and tapes etc.....you just saved me a bunch of $$ and trial and error, time, etc..... I was looking at all the ones you listed.
Im currently running cloth tape shellacked and was really interested in leather, looks like you get what you pay for with the Brooks leather tape. Because of cost it would have been my last choice, now looks like it is my first, thanks for the help. Im gonna keep running cloth for now and when it comes time to replace will try Brooks tape. thumbsup! On Jan 3, 4:40 pm, Bruce <fullylug...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I've tried a number of leather wraps. My sweat a lot in the humid Alabama > summers and leach a ton of salt. My observations on what I have used: > > V-O Elk skin sew ons: Look Cool, get gamey after about 2,000 miles of use. I > used them without padding under and they were fine. Longer to install than > most > other types. Bargain priced. > > Hitoshi perforated tape: Looks great, goes on easy, has double sided adhesive > on > the underside. Lasted me about 1,000 miles before the edges curled up and it > looked ratty. This tape uses the leather thickness as a padding and is comfy. > Medium priced. > > Selle Anatomica watershed tape. Comes with placeable gel under pads. Not > adhesive backed, thin leather. Difficult to install neatly, doesn't stay in > place, not comfy, surface finish begins to wear off immediately. Not worn out > yet so no mileage figure avail. Moderate high price. NOT recommended. > > Brooks perforated tape. Similar to Toshi, nicer leather. has adhesive also. > Looks good installed, very durable, have not been avle to wear it out yet, > have > it on two bikes. Higher priced. > > ________________________________ > From: William <tapebu...@gmail.com> > To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Mon, January 3, 2011 4:32:07 PM > Subject: [RBW] Re: Handlebar Wrap - Why Not Leather? > > Speaking strictly for myself, I've never tried leather because I'm a > cheapskate on things like that. Second reason is that I like the cool > colors you can get and create with cloth, on the cheap. Did I mention > that I'm cheap? > > On Jan 3, 1:06 pm, AmiSingh <asd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Question for the group. > > > It appears as though there is a general overall preference for using > > cloth or cork handlebar wrap / grips rather than leather. > > > Why is it so skewed away from leather, especially considering so many > > of us try and have our handlebar cloth or cork resemble the leather > > saddles on our bikes so closely? > > > Why not just use leather bar wrap? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW > Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
