Cinelli Jelly tape.
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I think the clear would turn some weird yellow-brownish color after being grimy and in the sun for too long. I think its a really cool idea though.
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Neat idea, except you'd have to start with a new bar or clean all the crappy old adhesive off and buff out the scratches on your old bars first.
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Huh. Not for me.
I tend to think it's exclusively for the crowd that refuses to touch their handlebars without padded gloves (*coughroadies.. cough*). For some reason, translucent materials, at least from my experience, are never porous like cork. For gloved riders, this isn't a problem because they don't lose grip when they get sweaty. In fact, because the sweat can't soak into the material, these might last longer, stay fresh longer, and be easier to clean.
But because they're probably somewhat tacky and stretchy, at least at first, they're probably really easy to wrap and reapply.
I tend to think it's exclusively for the crowd that refuses to touch their handlebars without padded gloves (*coughroadies.. cough*). For some reason, translucent materials, at least from my experience, are never porous like cork. For gloved riders, this isn't a problem because they don't lose grip when they get sweaty. In fact, because the sweat can't soak into the material, these might last longer, stay fresh longer, and be easier to clean.
But because they're probably somewhat tacky and stretchy, at least at first, they're probably really easy to wrap and reapply.
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