Originally Posted by
kmart
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.
Well yeah, but I was talking about more incidental contact, the kind of thing that might happen when you were carrying around your bike. That kind of thing isn't usually a problem with road bikes, where the drops are fully taped and the cables will usually slow the swinging.
But of course, if you crash hard and your bars crush your tube, you're ****ed regardless.