Tape on the stem
 

Does anyone else put handlebar tape on the stem?
Or is this stupid and frowned upon? Haha...
I do, because I often find myself using the stem to steer.
I might put some pictures up later if I can find my camera.

sounds dangerous at any kind of moderate to high speed.

?!?

why use the stem, when you have handlebars??

DUH!!! handlebars iz for pozers now!
reel courier types uze stemz 4 steeering!

Why would you steer with your stem?

And what part of Toledo are you from? I'm from there originally....

i rocked a quill stem w/oury setup for a while. i'll get some pictures up asap.

I went all out and rocked benotto tape on my fork blades...no handlebars OR stem.
made skidz super easy.

all you need to steer are grips...i hope you had some soyos on that jawn

hahah edited:)

Guess you are going for that "hands around a scarf being flushed down the toilet look" about which BikeSnob always speaks.

This is right up there with "Hey guys, ever put extra soles on the bottom of your shoe so you don't wear it out braking your tire with your foot?"

ah yes. the second draft is 10% funnier.

thats an ACTUAL thread? (link please) :D



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"if da vinci was alive today he'd be eating microwave sushi naked in the back of my limousine!!" -Darwin Mayflower

Well, not exactly, but here is something pretty close: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...rake+shoe+tire

and then there is this gem from another:

See people--the search function really does work!

What did you put in the search box? "Friggan ********"?

Rofl haha

Yes but it's uncool to use tape.... gotta roll naked :eek:

What a waste of bandwidth.

fixtard

real men dont even use forks, i hold on to the track bolts. gives me a way more aero position.

Shakes head.

what is this? whatdawehavehere? handlebars i doneven hafta stteeerrr!!!

If the tape matches the bartape... thats played. you gotsta mix and match.

why you do this?

Today I went to Autozone to find some new driving gloves; see, I kinda like steering my car by holding onto and rotating the steering column by hand and find the steering wheel to be an annoyance. I found the gloves, but unfortunately, they didn't sell any grip tape to wrap around the steering column, so I will just have to beef up my arms at the gym.

i can't believe im actually reading this

http://stickandballguy.com/blog/wp-c...k-forehead.jpg

^$@&!%+!

aw c'mon, you guys know this thread is pure bfssfg gold.

I run no handlebars and just stick two fingers in the headset to steer, my finger muscles are BEEFY!

you ******* have frames and bars and forks? the hardcore just grab two wheels and hit the streets.