Jinker

So why on earth would I spend 40 minutes a week during summer with my hands on bare steel tubing?

I'm gonna buy me some bar tape to put on my lawnmower's handlebar.

Has anyone else done a tape job on something other than a bike's handlebars? Steering wheel on a car maybe? Pool cue?

urbanknight

tennis racquet. I needed to rewrap it and had this bar tape that didn't match any of my bikes, so I used it. Works great, too, absorbing moisture better than regular racquet tape.

Steev

Can you get bar tape in John Deere green?

INSANEDESIGNS

It's sort of the Duct Tape of the Cylcling world!

hmai18

Used some of my old tape to make a top-tube protector for my fixie.

hurley.girl

I wrapped the grip of my hurley stick with it.

EventServices

Lawn Mower. Works great. Looks funky. Reduces vibration.

Leaf rake handle. No blisters.

If Cinelli cork wrap were to show up on the shelves at Home Depot, it would probably sell for $3.95 instead of $12.00.

catatonic

I once used it on a pool cue, after the cord wrapping came loose...I just removed all of the cord, and put cinelli cork on instead, and taping it at the ends. Looked alright, and performed great.

FLBandit

Well, there was that incident with the woman wearing a leather cycling jersey and high heels!

Hambone

Truth be told, I knew a girl at Univesity of Stony Brook...

krazyderek

I used it on my trunk bike rack to protect my bike's Top Tube's from scratch's and dent's, and i also have a full package (2 length's) of old cork on my lawn boy.

dmt3339

I used it on my aluminum speed bar on my hang glider, works great, much better grip when the air gets active.

Dave T

aadhils

I want to use it on a car steering wheel, but can't since I dont have a car. Oh well...

urbanknight

I used to do that to my track bike when I raced velodrome. I always had plenty left after wrapping only the drops of the 38cm bar. Besides, it helped add SOMETHING to diferentiate it from all the other Glacier Blue Cannondale trak bikes out there (I finally went with this super bright flourescent yellow tape on sale for a dollar just so nobody else was using the same color as me).

FLBandit

Ah yes, good and cheap!

larue

A guy came into the bike shop the other day while I was hanging out. He asked how expensive bar tape was and about what length did the tape cover up. Turns out he was making an alligator hunting stick!

catatonic

oh joy....another person molesting them thar gators....

.....don't molest the gators, lest they molest thee!

PartyPat

Wrapped the cork handle of my fly rod with it, more comfortable to hold and easier to cast with

SaddleBags

I used my leftover bar tape to wrap the clamps on my work stand. My workstand has rubber over metal clamps and sometimes the rubber slips where the metal can come in direct contact with the bike.

Psimet2001 

I think I'll use my old tape on my lawn mower now based on this thread. I have used old gloves when mowing, but bar tape just makes more sense.

ravenmore

The "leather" on my truck's steering wheel is getting worn. I thought about using some bar tape for that.

dlavi

I also used it on my lawnmower. Works great