Thread: is EVA foam handlebar tape good?
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Old 03-16-14 | 02:48 AM
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Originally Posted by sleepwalker2
how does this compare to the cork, gel, cork-gel tapes? is it squishier?
Most common tapes are based on EVA and similar elastic plastics including the ones also containing cork. It is GENERALLY not the presence of EVA, but the grade of it that is used that makes one tape "squishier" than another.
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