Fizik Tape Users
04-08-09, 08:24 AM
#26
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Microtex is awesome. Mine looks like the day I put it on (save for a few scuffs from falls).
My only complaint is that it's a little hard to wrap. My first time using it (the tape that's still on there) I ended up with some ridges and such. Just didn't conform very well in places.
My only complaint is that it's a little hard to wrap. My first time using it (the tape that's still on there) I ended up with some ridges and such. Just didn't conform very well in places.
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04-08-09, 08:51 AM
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Fizik microtex is the best tape i've ever used.
I stopped wearing gloves after I started using microtex.
As for re-wrapping, I dunno. I always use new tape after unwrapping old tape.
I stopped wearing gloves after I started using microtex.
As for re-wrapping, I dunno. I always use new tape after unwrapping old tape.
04-08-09, 08:56 AM
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love my microtex. previously, i have used performance (soft, wore quickly), cinelli (tore when bike was stored in sun), and some used FSA i got with a lot of stuff on craigslist(still using it on my fixed gear, its seen better days though). if the FSA was half the price of the fizik, id use it, but with a discount the microtex only cost me $20 with tax, and i will spend the extra $5 for the good stuff. took longer to wrap, but havent had a problem with it in 4 months.
I also have the salsa bar tape- its cushy. will most likely go on my commuter with moustache bars.
I also have the salsa bar tape- its cushy. will most likely go on my commuter with moustache bars.
04-08-09, 10:06 AM
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Bontrager tape is the best. Yes, I'm a filthy, filthy Trek shill.
04-08-09, 12:21 PM
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I've used Deda almost exclusively last year... until I decided to try Fizik - their stuff is the best.
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04-08-09, 12:29 PM
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The Fizik Microtek on my commuter last around 1.5 years. On my other bikes (main road rig and our tandem) it lasts longer than that! Thsi is the case, mostly because I am always in the hoods on the commuter, and usually without gloves. The tape wore through where my palms go, just behind the hoods.
I don't use anything else, the stuff is great!
I don't use anything else, the stuff is great!
