practice, grasshopper. I find that now after doing 3 or 4 bikes I actually enjoy the shellac work. Sort of like a masterpiece.
anyway, I prefer the feel of the thick gel corks like the Soma tape. I have large hands and the cloth taped bars seem too skinny. I even tape my cables in front to give more of a platform. ~Mike~ On Jan 3, 8:40 pm, Mike S <mikeshalj...@gmail.com> wrote: > The best tape is no tape! I've got bare Nito moustache bars on my 'B' > bike, and I love the look and, more importantly, FEEL of the bare > aluminum. As they say in the riv reader, it's kinda like grabbing a > sword. The cold is not a factor because I wear gloves full gloves when > it's real cold, and they're not really slippery when the going gets > sweaty. > > I also like the velox rim tape with shellac method, as it looks great > and seems like it will last nearly forever, but shellacking is such a > damned tedious nightmare. And it gets all over every other part of > your bike. > > On Jan 3, 5:42 pm, AmiSingh <asd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Pete, > > > I've rewrapped Brooks leather handlebar wrap 3 times on the same bars > > for various setups with no problem. > > > On Jan 3, 5:35 pm, Peter Pesce <petepe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > +1 for cheap. > > > > I like to mess around with parts on my bike, and often need to re-wrap > > > the bars. > > > Cloth is cheap. The shellacking IS a pain, though. > > > I've heard great things about Fizik tape and I might try some next > > > time around. > > > Anyone have any experience with re-using bar tape (Fizik or > > > otherwise?) > > > > -Pete > > > > On Jan 3, 4:06 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?- 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 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.
