I suggest riding them raw for awhile, until they start to look grubby. Then
it's time to shellac (I prefer amber color). The grubbiness plus shellac
gives a nice beausage effect. Works for cloth tape, too.
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Both bikes in my garage with real cork grips are clear shellacked. The
longer lived one is about 18 months old and still looks fine after near
daily use. I recently put "cork" tape on a different bike... no shellac...
and it's starting to look grubby after only a few weeks of intermittent
use.
