when i was a messenger in 96-2000 nobody really used tape i never did. Mostly you would ride with your hands together next to the stem unless you got in the drops but that was almost never. i got the drops wrapped now but thats the first time with a track bike on the street i ever did. thats probably where all the hipsters got their style from us, cept skinny jeans they got those from thier gf's closet. the hipsters stole the riser bars stuff from us too but i never used em anyway.