My daughters are in bed after a long Christmas day. Now I can reply. I have Riv cork on three bikes, a Hunqapillar, and two Bridgestone MB3s. The Hunqa has standard cork as does my wife's MB3. My MB3 has BES, and twined notched cork. Like you I shellac the cork, I have learned to not lightly disregard Riv advice, it comes from experience and always saves me frustration. They write to shellac the cork or it gets gray and dingy. It did - I washed it up (as another poster wrote - it washes easily), put on shellac and have had no more problems. The cork on my MB3 has been on the longest - over four years. It has weathered to a dark golden brown that to my eye is beautiful. I can't bring myself to tape the curves on the Alba bars. How about you - what are those Bosco's attached to? Bob (Indianapolis)
On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 3:47 PM, EGNolan <egno...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have cork w/ bar ends on a 'bars and cloth tape on some Bosco's. Both > shellac'ed which helps tremendously with the dirt and water. I tried > ergots, which w/ the sweep seemed to work better inverted with the extra > part faced inward. They were fine, but not necessary. The shellac'ed cork > does get a lot of compliments, some folks thinking it's wood, others > wondering just what the he'll it is and some folks just admiring. I will > say the solid cork from Rivendell seems to hold up better than the scrap > cork and glue of other brands. They age very beautifully too. > > Bob from Indy: what do you ride? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/QxZkWPtTUZUJ. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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-bunch@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.
