Originally Posted by
njkayaker
It’s not “worn”. Tape doesn’t wear in 30 hours.
It looks like it might have been cut/sliced. There’s another apparent small cut/slice just below.
If it was a cut/slice and it was done by the shop, it doesn’t seem likely it would have shown up 30 hours later.
I said 'worn' because I dont know how it happened. I agree that it seems more like a slice than wear.
As for saying tape doesn't wear in 30 hours, I'm gonna disagree on that. I have installed multiple brands of tape that started fraying, peeling, and scuffing heavily in less than 500mi. It's happened with common shop brand Bontrager tape, expensive Supacaz tape, and offbrand Amazon tape.
It doesn't happen for me, but I rode for years with people whose tape I installed and would see the quick destruction in weeks/months.