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Goo Gone on Handlebars?

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Old 09-27-06 | 10:15 PM
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Old 09-27-06 | 10:17 PM
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I recently took the bar tape off my chrome B-123 bars, and I want to clean them up... I used Velox bartape with an adhesive strip, so now the glue residue is all over them. Does anyone have any experience with Goo Gone on chrome handlebars? And while I'm at it, I'm looking for more comfortable chrome handlebars other than Nitto (preferably Cinelli road drops although I haven't seen them).
Goo Gone works fine. After having done this on a couple handlebars, I've now decided that I really don't care what the bars look like under the tape. I just remove anything easy like tangled electrical tape, and leave the residue in place when rewrapping the bars.

If you've got perfectionist tendencies, as I sometimes do, just rewrap the bars before you think too hard about it. You'll see that they look just as good afterwards, and try to forgot about the ickiness underneath
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Old 09-27-06 | 11:24 PM
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Goo Gone may not be lighter fluid, it does have that citrus smell, but it is very flammable. I can't remember what I was cleaning, or why I lit the paper towel soaked with Goo Gone, but it went up in flames very quickly.

I just rewrap bars without removing the residue, but maybe you want to leave some chrome showing. I don't know what Goo Gone will do to the chrome. If you have concerns, try a bit on a place that will be covered up.
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Old 09-28-06 | 09:33 AM
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moxfyre- I went from having wrapped bars and one brake to unwrapped bars and no brake. the chrome bars match my fork, seatstay and chainstay. aesthetics and grams!
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Old 09-28-06 | 09:34 AM
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moxfyre- I went from having wrapped bars and one brake to unwrapped bars and no brake. the chrome bars match my fork, seatstay and chainstay. aesthetics and grams!
Ah, I stand corrected I should have known better, what with this being posted in the fixie forum!
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Old 09-28-06 | 10:14 AM
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moxfyre- I went from having wrapped bars and one brake to unwrapped bars and no brake. the chrome bars match my fork, seatstay and chainstay. aesthetics and grams!
Dutret is going to have a heart attack.
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