Originally Posted by
bonechilling
Placing a bit of bar tape or an old tube on your top tube is a very practical thing if you have a bike with track drops and no brakes.
Brakes or not, this may be needed with any type of bar depending on the stem and bar shape. Then again if you tape the bars fully (almost to the stem), you don't really need any additional TT protection. If you fall hard, a thin piece of foam or a handkerchief is not going to do much.