Thread: 1970’s Road Bike Bar Tape
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Old 08-05-20, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Huggybear0 View Post
Apparently before 1975 inch it should be cotton bar tape.

Or Mid 1975 it could be padded Synthetic Tape
While it is true that Bike Ribbon was invented in 1975, it took a few years for it to catch on. 99% of road racing bikes would have had cotton tape in the 70s, typically Velox.
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