Originally Posted by
LeeG
hey, I sold the stuff when I had a shop and used it myself. Maybe it was having kids or something. 15yrs went by, I was in the garage, changed a tire and nothing else was available. Pfft, velox rim tape dissapeared forever from my bike tool box.
Agreed duct tape is a mess and fiberglass packing tape leaves threads everywhere. That's why Gorilla tape is better. It's the internet, we could debate the appropriateness of zip ties or galvanized screws.
For some reason that reminds me of a compltely random story. I was the regional tech inspector for the NY SCCA chapter, we had a guy bring his car through tech with his 5 point racing harness mounted with... you guessed it zip ties!
He swore they held well... he wasn't happy when I cut all of them and advised him seatbelts should not be installed with ZIP TIES.