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Old 11-20-17 | 09:53 AM
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Bikes: Jones Plus LWB, 1983 Centurion Japanese CrMo bike

Originally Posted by pesty
Looks pretty clean. True test would be after a few hundred miles, if gaps open up at the bends. Just eyeballing it, if you spend a lot of time on the tops or hoods, my guess is that you're going to have a gap at the bends at the tops unless that tape is really tight with some really good adhesive.
I wrapped it as tight as possible without breaking ... I used upside down electrical tape as a an adhesive base.


I will post in this thread when the bike is done and I have commuted on it for a few weeks.


(Note- this is my 1st drop-bar bike too so totally uncharted territory for this flat bar man)
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