New Bar Tape Consult!
06-28-07, 09:49 AM
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New Bar Tape Consult!
I can always count on you folks to help me make a snappy fashion statement.
My beloved Roubaix's bartape is starting to fray, and will need replacement sometime this summer. Should I replace it with the same black tape that gives it a stealth look, or go to some other color--gray, for example?
Here's a snapshot of my baby (updated since this was taken with a Garmin Edge 305):
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My beloved Roubaix's bartape is starting to fray, and will need replacement sometime this summer. Should I replace it with the same black tape that gives it a stealth look, or go to some other color--gray, for example?
Here's a snapshot of my baby (updated since this was taken with a Garmin Edge 305):
DSC_0004_1.jpg
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06-28-07, 10:06 AM
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On one level I agree with both of you--my son back East bought an Allez with white bartape and saddle and it looks great--but I can't justify a new Toupe since the current one is only three months old!
Dilemmas, dilemmas.
Dilemmas, dilemmas.
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Originally Posted by bernmart
On one level I agree with both of you--my son back East bought an Allez with white bartape and saddle and it looks great--but I can't justify a new Toupe since the current one is only three months old!
Dilemmas, dilemmas.
Dilemmas, dilemmas.
06-28-07, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by bernmart
I can always count on you folks to help me make a snappy fashion statement.
My beloved Roubaix's bartape is starting to fray, and will need replacement sometime this summer. Should I replace it with the same black tape that gives it a stealth look, or go to some other color--gray, for example? . . . .
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My beloved Roubaix's bartape is starting to fray, and will need replacement sometime this summer. Should I replace it with the same black tape that gives it a stealth look, or go to some other color--gray, for example? . . . .
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Originally Posted by Michael Jackson's Black or White
It's Black, It's White
It's Tough For You
To Get By
It's Black , It's White, Whoo
It's Tough For You
To Get By
It's Black , It's White, Whoo
Or do some funky double wrap to get a sweet black/white spiral?
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Originally Posted by VanceMac
Some day, you will want a new saddle. So you are just buying it early. That will let you change it up every few months... black/black... white/white... it's like a new bike a couple times per year!
06-28-07, 02:14 PM
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bern: Aside from the fashionista opinions offered herein, the most durable bartape I've ever used is that cheesy Carbon bartape from Performance. It's not really carbon, but looks like carbon, and lasts forever. I got some Fizik Bargel to go under it, and my bars are squishy and comfortable.
06-28-07, 04:42 PM
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Always bet on black.
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real men go with hot pink
my bike has red tape ... so i'm about half way there.
my bike has red tape ... so i'm about half way there.
07-01-07, 08:20 PM
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I just went with white going on about a month. It's a fun change after a lifetime of black.
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fizik bargel sucks compared to whatever that silicone stuff that comes with the allez elite.
im partial to cinelli cork.
im partial to cinelli cork.
07-01-07, 11:16 PM
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White looks aweome as does red but they get dirty easily. Black always looks new.
07-01-07, 11:19 PM
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Deda Elementi white bar tape. Starts out absurdly bright, so even when it's dirty, a modest bit of cleaning gets it back to a reasonably bright white. At least a reasonable white in bright sunshine... the dirt will show under cloudy conditions or under fluorescent lights.
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No, though certainly in time for the Cool Breeze Century in August. Are you heading for Sierra Madre Tues. AM (tomorrow)? Excellent! I'll be leaving home about 8:15, and hope either to meet you on the way or at Beantown!
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Originally Posted by VanceMac
Said the man with red bar tape. 
07-03-07, 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by VanceMac
White tape, white saddle. But I'm biased. 
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how about perforated black with white stitching?
07-03-07, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by powerglide
how about perforated black with white stitching?
I knew I'd come to the right forum for advice!
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