kidtwisty

woo calluses!

Sixty Fiver

I think we have a slightly different riding culture here as nearly all of the guys who come in to get help on their builds come with brake hardware and wrap for their bars.

I don't see a lot of naked bars out there either and I think that it has a lot to do with our climate... winter is too freaking cold and our spring and fall weather can see some pretty cold overnight temps that would make riding without wrap torture.

I have often thought that bikes with unwrapped bars don't get ridden very far... I went a few miles on naked bars today because I was going to buy bar tape... even in gloves it was a little chilly on the hands.

Sixty Fiver

Meaning that if you live somewhere hot and sunny...going wrapless might work

LoRoK

Gloves with padded palms make keirin gripped bars just as comfy as wrappage.

Rusty Piton

Fully wrapped bullhorns all the way.

jdms mvp

soyos on the b123aa
oury on the b201 x 2

hudsong

Fully wrapped Nitto 21 bullhorns, celeste.
I rode them this winter without any wrap and they got way too damn cold.

akaio

I see quite a few hipsters with no tape in portland, which is just dumb in my book for a city that gets so much rain.

I have Soyos on my Deda Pista drop bars, and use Cincelli cork tape on my road bars.

kemmer

cept if you leave your bike in the sun, then they get too hot to touch.

bonechilling

Again, another reason why unwrapped bars is an indicator of a lack of riding.

frankstoneline

I wrap, at least with some thin sports tape type stuff to keep the cold off.

pirate

full wrap bich's

-cork tape on the fg
-fizik perforated tape on the roadie

blickblocks

I would think sweat would also be an issue.

Bottom line: everyone needs some kind of wrap.

ESinSF

Champs on the 125s but I usually ride right near the stem where it is uncovered... hasnt really bothered me (i always ride with gel full finger gloves) - although I haven't done anything more than 40 miles in a ride yet. I'll probably get some 123s and cut some ourys and put them where I grip soon just to see what it's like.

Sixty Fiver

Yep... there's that too.

Had a fellow come in tonight that decided his unwrapped bars weren't working as out night time temps are still dropping below zero.

Ya think ?

nick666uenther

seems like almost everyone i see around town has naked bars. i don't get it.

Fixxxie

Not necessarily
I got some Nitto red bullhorns and they just look cool so I couldn't bring myself to tape them, I rode 40 miles on it the other day and it wasn't a problem.
My road bike has Cinelli tape stretched very tight to thin it out as much as possible ( I dont like a lot of padding it seems more uncomfortable than very thin stuff)

xylophonecks

i wrap my bullhorns and drops about 3/4 of the way up, with just my flats left naked so i can have my cross lever there. this constitutes partial, no?

parkerlewis

I know form should follow function, but sometimes silliness just looks good. Naked bars look great, but I would never run them. I would just have a 30 minute perve , and then whack some Soyo long grips on.

parkerlewis

To add to the other side of the argument, I did at one stage run a straight pink ***** bar with no grips for about 2 months and it was fine, even when my hands got sweaty. I ended up putting grips on, though.

Build your own

generic wrap on nitto 021
cloth on old road drops
ourys on risers
bare on my ano'd nitto 123s-they just look too nice to put s**t on them

Rusty Piton

Here's a tape job for ya, saw it on the street.

Looks like athletic tape to me.

metaljim

oury's on my risers, cloth tape on my bullhorns.

after i grabbed some new drop bars once, i rode down to the LBS to get some bar tape (only had scraps lying around). the 10 minute ride with bare drop bars was not enjoyable. i liked how the bars felt thin (and why i know run cloth tape on my bullhorns) but beyond that it was dumb.

BRANDUNE

Champs on risers for me

bali shag

fully wrapped and in dire need of new tape.