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03-21-17 | 08:30 PM

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The Golden Boy

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Bikes: 1978 Trek TX700; 1978/79 Trek 736; 1984 Specialized Stumpjumper Sport; 1984 Schwinn Voyageur SP; 1985 Trek 620; 1985 Trek 720; 1986 Trek 400 Elance; 1987 Schwinn High Sierra; 1990 Miyata 1000LT

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Originally Posted by kingston

I love everything about that bike but that yellow tape on the handlebars. What's the deal with that?

I wanted something that was contrasting- I like the yellow tape more than black in any case and I like the look on brown and white cork tape; I was also considering using cloth tape like on the 720. The only reason it's any sort of issue to me is that I think the faux leather tape (or the way I did the tape) ends kind of thick- so it's not a smooth transition from bar tape, to tape to bar. IMO...

BTW- thank you for the constructive criticism!

EDIT:

Yeah, I did a crappy job of it...

FWIW- the only DiaCompe part that I consciously used was the straddle roller yoke thingy.

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Last edited by The Golden Boy; 03-21-17 at 08:33 PM.

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