Comments on: Bar Tape http://www.bikecommuters.com/2007/12/05/bar-tape/ Bike Your Drive! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:39:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Rob http://www.bikecommuters.com/2007/12/05/bar-tape/#comment-27969 Rob Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:54:27 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2007/12/05/bar-tape/#comment-27969 My partner has been asking me to tape her flat bar and bar ends for awhile now, and haven't ever heard of it being done. I'm glad someone else has tried it (and liked it). Off to work on it now! My partner has been asking me to tape her flat bar and bar ends for awhile now, and haven’t ever heard of it being done. I’m glad someone else has tried it (and liked it).
Off to work on it now!

]]> By: Levi http://www.bikecommuters.com/2007/12/05/bar-tape/#comment-2799 Levi Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:49:22 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2007/12/05/bar-tape/#comment-2799 I've seen some top XC racers doing that as well. I prefer grips but the bar tape is a nice idea because you can keep it thin and light or go super-thick if you really want to. I’ve seen some top XC racers doing that as well. I prefer grips but the bar tape is a nice idea because you can keep it thin and light or go super-thick if you really want to.

]]> By: cafn8 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2007/12/05/bar-tape/#comment-2796 cafn8 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:40:57 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2007/12/05/bar-tape/#comment-2796 I have been taping my bar ends on my mountain bike for quite some time. I still use rubber grips on the bar, but the bar ends are wrapped in nice cushy cork grip tape. It's nice and grippy even when it gets wet. I have been taping my bar ends on my mountain bike for quite some time. I still use rubber grips on the bar, but the bar ends are wrapped in nice cushy cork grip tape. It’s nice and grippy even when it gets wet.

]]> By: James http://www.bikecommuters.com/2007/12/05/bar-tape/#comment-2786 James Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:02:52 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2007/12/05/bar-tape/#comment-2786 You want tape to stay in place? Simple: wrap the naked bars in unpadded two-sided tape, then wrap bar-tape over top. Nothing else works as well. You want tape to stay in place? Simple: wrap the naked bars in unpadded two-sided tape, then wrap bar-tape over top. Nothing else works as well.

]]> By: Quinn http://www.bikecommuters.com/2007/12/05/bar-tape/#comment-2781 Quinn Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:14:11 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2007/12/05/bar-tape/#comment-2781 I Have to tape my bar/bar ends due to a few bad wrecks my left wrist is bad. I can't close my hand around hard rubber grips for any length of time, so I take 1/2 the length of 1 tape and build it up over the grip, to make it super cushy, I wrap my bar end with the other half. Ted is right about them getting messed up, I eventually wrap the tape in electrical tape, until it completely compresses, cut it of and do it again. Hint- use gel tape, a lot longer lasting I Have to tape my bar/bar ends due to a few bad wrecks my left wrist is bad. I can’t close my hand around hard rubber grips for any length of time, so I take 1/2 the length of 1 tape and build it up over the grip, to make it super cushy, I wrap my bar end with the other half. Ted is right about them getting messed up, I eventually wrap the tape in electrical tape, until it completely compresses, cut it of and do it again.
Hint- use gel tape, a lot longer lasting

]]> By: Quinn http://www.bikecommuters.com/2007/12/05/bar-tape/#comment-2780 Quinn Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:09:14 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2007/12/05/bar-tape/#comment-2780 I Have to tape my bar/bar ends due to a few bad wrecks my left wrist is bad. I can't close my hand around hard rubber grips for any length of time, so I take 1/2 the length of 1 tape and build it up over the grip, to make it super cushy, I wrap my bar end with the other half. I Have to tape my bar/bar ends due to a few bad wrecks my left wrist is bad. I can’t close my hand around hard rubber grips for any length of time, so I take 1/2 the length of 1 tape and build it up over the grip, to make it super cushy, I wrap my bar end with the other half.

]]> By: Ghost Rider http://www.bikecommuters.com/2007/12/05/bar-tape/#comment-2778 Ghost Rider Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:50:51 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2007/12/05/bar-tape/#comment-2778 I taped some barends once...they get pretty chewed up and icky in short order, though, but it's easy enough to retape them every couple months. I taped some barends once…they get pretty chewed up and icky in short order, though, but it’s easy enough to retape them every couple months.

]]> By: db http://www.bikecommuters.com/2007/12/05/bar-tape/#comment-2777 db Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:48:55 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2007/12/05/bar-tape/#comment-2777 How's that workin' out? I'm going to do the same thing on my old Trek, as I'm too lazy to remove the bar ends and then install new grips. Might even tape the bar ends as well. Anyone done this? How’s that workin’ out? I’m going to do the same thing on my old Trek, as I’m too lazy to remove the bar ends and then install new grips.

Might even tape the bar ends as well. Anyone done this?

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