Bar Tape - What's Your Flavour?
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Bar Tape - What's Your Flavour?
Postby harmonix1234 » Thu Oct 02, 2014 2:46 pm
Anyone got any favourites?
I have heard the lizard skins stuff is good, and even leather tape available now.
Just looking to try something different.
Don't mind the cork, but seems to get Manny quickly.
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Re: Bar Tape - What's Your Flavour?
Postby V8rider » Thu Oct 02, 2014 3:27 pm
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Bar Tape - What's Your Flavour?
Postby yugyug » Thu Oct 02, 2014 4:42 pm
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Re: Bar Tape - What's Your Flavour?
Postby Dirty32 » Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:39 pm
Wasnt so interested in finding out who uses what, but why different people chose to use what they use.
Iv only used cork tape. Never really had an issue with it (other than replacing my original white for black once it got a bit manky!).
But I have noticed a lot of people on Lizard Skins tape lately... It feels pretty tacky to me. Not sure whether I would like it or not.
For people that use the Lizard Skins, why do you like using it? How does it go in summer when you've sweaty hands etc.
I assume it doesnt absorb any moisture and might get a bit slippy in summer?
Or, if you prefer Cork tape, why?
That Roubaix tape from Spec seems interesting too. Seems like it would be pretty comfy to use?
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Re: Bar Tape - What's Your Flavour?
Postby V8rider » Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:16 pm
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Re: Bar Tape - What's Your Flavour?
Postby harmonix1234 » Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:41 pm
Its very soft, and very stretchy and a bit fluffy.
If you wrap it at the intended tension I found it squirmed around under the hands a bit, which I don't like because I like taking my bike off road.
But if you wrap it tight enough that it diesnt squirm, it becomes too thin and not very effective.
Also, I found the fluffy texture took on moisture and after a rainy ride would still be soggy the next day, whereas cork just wipes dry
In the roubaix tapes defense, it came stock with the gel inserts between the bar and tape which I strongly reckon contributed to the squirm factor.
Yugyug - I might grab some leather tape and see how it goes.
Does it wrap well or is it a PITA? I imagine it wouldn't have much stretch like the fizik tape which I didn't mind. But boy was it a pain to get a nice even wrap around the hoods area without bunching and having loose bits.
Is it just leather, or does it have some kind of cork or gel bonded to the underside? I imagine plain leather might be a little harsh?
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Re: Bar Tape - What's Your Flavour?
Postby KGB » Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:45 pm
On my pursuit bike (track) I currently have gauze wrap that they use as "overgrip" for tennis rackets. Nice and tacky but needs reapplying each season. When that runs out I'll switch to adhesive grip tape like they stick on skateboards.
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Re: Bar Tape - What's Your Flavour?
Postby harmonix1234 » Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:51 pm
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Postby Mulger bill » Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:55 pm
This. Brooks on my good FG. DiPell on my commuter. The beater FG has some random non leather stuff because, the beater.yugyug wrote:I love leather, the feel and the way it wears and ages. I've moved brooks tape from bike to bike more than once. Ive got rolls of brooks spare but next might buy some DiPell, made in Melbourne.
The DiPell on my commuter hasn't been touched since initial install a few years back. Maintenance has consisted of wiping down if it gets wet and a twice yearly wipe down with the buffer cloth after Proofiding the saddle. It's starting to get a little ratty in the high wear spots but still looks good. I won't be removing it until it falls apart.
The new commuter build will have DiPell too.
Not cheap but worth every cent.
Late Edit: Harmonix, you have to work harder to get a good wrap because it isn't as stretchy as synthetics but if you do a full wrap without peeling the sticky paper off then unwind and do the finish job you'll be sweet.
It's plain leather, nothing more. For a little extra cush, I used two strips of old synthocork tape along the bar at the first bent to the hoods. Nicely comfy without the squirm of gel pads or the bulk of double wrapping.
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Re: Bar Tape - What's Your Flavour?
Postby Duck! » Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:32 pm
I haven't ridden this stuff, but wrapped plenty at work; Pro do some really nice "smart silicon" tape, which is really soft comfy tape, and a available in a couple of finishes, smooth or lightly textured. A bit hard to tell from workshop use, but it doesn't seem to be too slippery. Seems to not be too subject to squirm, which is also A Good Thing.
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Re: Bar Tape - What's Your Flavour?
Postby Nobody » Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:22 pm
Used to use Lizard Skin DSPs but they wore out too fast for my liking.
Before that I used cork. They were OK other than wearing out too fast and smelling bad after a while.
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Re: Bar Tape - What's Your Flavour?
Postby jacks1071 » Thu Oct 02, 2014 11:03 pm
Do you run normal cork tape under the leather or is the books stuff cork backed?yugyug wrote:I love leather, the feel and the way it wears and ages. I've moved brooks tape from bike to bike more than once. Ive got rolls of brooks spare but next might buy some DiPell, made in Melbourne.
I have a roll of leather stuff to use on a display bike but its really thing and its going to have bumps showing from the cables etc - probably not too comfortable either?
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Bar Tape - What's Your Flavour?
Postby yugyug » Fri Oct 03, 2014 8:08 am
The other thing about leather is that's it's important to wrap in the right direction towards the stem so that the edges don't upturn at the ramps. Don't know if this is more likely with leather or not, but it looks especially crap. There is a great ti bike in my apartments bike cage with brooks tape and upturned edges and I wince every time I see it. If i ever bump into the owner I'm going to offer to rewrap it for him.
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Re: Bar Tape - What's Your Flavour?
Postby Dirty32 » Fri Oct 03, 2014 12:22 pm
Might give the Liz Skins a go next time I need tape, or even look into some of the Pro stuff.
Keep the opinions coming!
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Re: Bar Tape - What's Your Flavour?
Postby Nobody » Fri Oct 03, 2014 2:04 pm
I'm using Pro Gel in black which is linked below. Durability is the main reason I'm happy with it. In other aspects I have no complaints. Someone on here from a bike shop put me onto it.
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Postby m@ » Fri Oct 03, 2014 2:08 pm
Edit: it also makes you 5% faster, makes climbing easier and gives you sex appeal.
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Re: Bar Tape - What's Your Flavour?
Postby KGB » Fri Oct 03, 2014 5:19 pm
Hahaha, its on the pursuit bars so I just want max grip for standing starts (200m or so) and then I'm seated and into the aero bars. Hopefully I'm finished altogether after a little more than 3 & 1/2min!harmonix1234 wrote:KGB - GRIPTAPE!!! You should also strap a matching cheese grater to your seatpost instead of a saddle just to keep in theme. Man, GRIPTAPE... That's harsh.
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Re: Bar Tape - What's Your Flavour?
Postby singlespeedscott » Fri Oct 03, 2014 8:48 pm
I actually think a lot of people mistake shellacked cotton for leather on many vintage builds. The only leather bar tape that I know was commonly used in the past was Almarc, which is stitched onto the bars.
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Re: Bar Tape - What's Your Flavour?
Postby harmonix1234 » Sat Oct 04, 2014 12:14 pm
That's what my wife says to me
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Re: Bar Tape - What's Your Flavour?
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Postby Uncle Just » Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:24 am
Deda is beda.There is only one...the original Cinelli cork...
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Re: Bar Tape - What's Your Flavour?
Postby Wingnut » Tue Oct 07, 2014 8:25 am
Well unfortunately there will always be those that are easily satisfied by imitations...Uncle Just wrote:Deda is beda.There is only one...the original Cinelli cork...
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