Anybody try using this type tape on their handle bars?


Scapa 167 Cohesive Friction Tape: 3/4 in. x 60 ft. (Black)

I remember using it on the bars of my 1957 Kushman Scooter after I rebuilt its wiring harness. It was 1964 and as I remember the tape held up well. No matter what I did I never could get that scooter running. Forty years later, my Mom told me she was putting sugar water in the gas tank to keep me off of it... Oh well... At least I had my Western Flyer...

I use it as finishing tape , I hate using regular electrical tape. Regular tape gets sticky after a while.

Since you mentioned finishing tape, I have to say I've been using clear Scotch tape as finishing tape, which can be laid down wrinkle-free if one compresses the tape onto the bar wrap as the tape is being stretched lightly as it is coming into contact with the wrap. I put down two or three complete turns, and it's doesn't slide itself loose over time like electrical tape usually does.
With the clear tape in place and holding the wrap securely, the logo tape can then be applied for a finishing touch, using a small spot of wet contact cement on the adhesive side of the last inch of tape, then compressing the last inch of tape into place using a sliding action with a balled rag, which slowly squeegee's the wet glue out into an almost immediately-dry super-thin layer that will never let go.

As for friction tape, I don't care for it's gummy texture, it's not padded, is unattractive imo and doesn't stretch well. It is just the thing for your hockey stick blade though.

This week I put 11 hours into refurbing this Schwinn Tempo that had spent a good few years outside, got it at Goodwill for 44.95, and was lucky to un-stick the deeply-inserted seatpost with less-than-expected torque from my 18" adj wrench.

I removed the crumbly Benotto tape in preparation for installing this longer 10cm stem.
I then took used, discarded padded tape from the shop's trash that I then ran through the washing machine with my clothes, and used the above methods for finishing the wrapped tape. It will fail from wear before the finishing strip ever comes loose!

I've got what I've only previously known as "cloth electrical tape" on a couple of my favorites. At least I assumed it was electrical tape; since it was all over the wiring harnesses of the 1960s cars I used to wrench on. Not that particular brand, but same idea, I believe:



I've used hockey tape as an underlayer for conventional Newbaums and Tressostar cloth tape, and with good results. The friction tape I'm putting on top of worn & faded cloth tape. It has a definite stickiness to it, but that goes away after a week or two. It doesn't wear as long as thicker cloth tape.

I once wrapped Benotto vinyl(?) tape over cloth tape, wrapping in the opposite direction though, so as to create a raised "diamond" texture, and which also increased the grip diameter to good effect.

It can be seen here, the green tape not the white tape. It seems to improve comfort and grip:

That computer, holy crap.

Sugar water? For real? Wasnt that supposed to lock up the piston in the sleeve or something? Water was good enough but sugar, too??

Sugar burns and really gums things up bad.

I find that 3M Heavy duty electrical tape is far superior to regular electrical tape.