Originally Posted by
prathmann
Two advantages:
1) I almost always have electrical tape available whereas I'd have to go out and get some rim tape;
2) it's a little thinner than Velox tape which leads to easier tire changing (the bead of the tire can go down in the channel of the rim a little deeper thus allowing a little more slack in the last section that you're trying to get over the rim's edge).
Number 1) doesn't apply to me, as I have a weird compulsion that doesn't let me check out at a bike shop without throwing a couple things under $5 in the cart. I've got a little pile of rim tape, and anytime someone says the word "flat" I give them a patch kit.
As for 2), a lot of purpose-designed rim tape is a lot thinner than Velox too. But you'd have to get it, which brings us back to 1).