I have Brooks tape on my Homer and Atlantis. On both bikes I've had to remove it and rewrap them with excellent results and no visible effects. I love it. It gets a bit stretched from the first wrap so I end up having to cut off a bit from the end when I rewrap it. Or maybe I wrap it a little more efficiently the second time around...
René Sent from my iPhone 4 On Jan 3, 2011, at 4:54 PM, williwoods <willh...@yahoo.com> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
