Originally Posted by
Tom Bombadil
How comfortable is it?
It is difficult to correctly fit a flat bar bike converted into a road bike, because the geometry is not the same. The top tube of a flat bar bike is a bit longer than a road bike of the same size, because the flat bar bike frame geometry takes into account the shorter stem and reach to the handlebars. So when converted, the reach to the drop bars can be pretty long.
The good news is that long stems on drop bars are mostly there for reasons of tradition. Cannondale shipped one high performance racer with a 40mm stem and lengthened top tube. It handled fine and the design eliminated the usual toe/front wheel overlap.
Anyway - this bike looks really good!
If you re-wrap and still aren't sure of your skills, then I think Profile tape is re-wrappable.