Word on the street is that Velo-Orange leather wrap is better than Brooks. Any users with experience?
On Jan 3, 7:54 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.
