Originally Posted by
qcpmsame
There is a heated bar tape set up available now, I have seen ads for them in the various magazines this fall. The mfgr also makes a set up for motorcycles that is pretty well thought of and is reliable. The name is Ame, here is a link:
http://www.amegrips.com/ the bicycle tape is down the list on the left. This coupled with a thin, wind proof glove should be pretty warm.
Bill
This reminds me of heated seats in cars. I thought they were kind of silly, until I bought my Jetta TDI, and the heated seats were standard. Because diesels take longer to warm up, the heated seats do come in handy!
I guess they need to make heated saddles for bikes. Except that I never notice my saddle being cold, no matter how cold it is! Well, maybe when it's raining and the saddle gets wet. But I like the idea of heated handlebar tape. Maybe we can even get heated tires that will melt thru the ice when temps are below freezing. I wonder if those would actually work, or would make things worse by merely making the ice wet enough to become even more slippery!
Luis