thickest most comfortable grip tape
10-17-16, 12:38 AM
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Leather??? Best is Specialized Roubaix. https://www.specialized.com/us/en/ac...ar-tape/116996
https://www.specialized.com/us/en/ac...ar-tape/117013
Very comfy, grippy, and with nearly 8000 miles on the bike the tape strangely still looks like new
Not sure how other colors fare, but I have the black one.
Geoff
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I've tried a dozens of brands, materials, and thicknesses over the years. I've done the gel layer, and even harmonic dampers in the bar ends. All said and done, I always return to either fi'zi:k Performance Classic tape, or plain-Jane cork. The ladder being cheaper than the former means that I've got a stock of cork tape ready to re-wrap the bars whenever I feel I need new tape, or want to change the color.
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Current tape I am using on my main bike is this
Fabric | Tape
No complaints yet after a few hundred miles
Fabric | Tape
No complaints yet after a few hundred miles
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I like the S-Wrap HD which came on my Roubaix Expert:
https://www.specialized.com/us/en/ac...ar-tape/117013
Very comfy, grippy, and with nearly 8000 miles on the bike the tape strangely still looks like new Not sure how other colors fare, but I have the black one.
Geoff
https://www.specialized.com/us/en/ac...ar-tape/117013
Very comfy, grippy, and with nearly 8000 miles on the bike the tape strangely still looks like new
Not sure how other colors fare, but I have the black one.Geoff
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