Got new bar tape but the handlebars are different!
This has been nagging at me ever since I got my Specialize Ruby back from the LBS. Here's the thing....I took it in for a tune up, new back tire, and new bar tape. The bike looks great with its new pink tape! Trouble is..when I took it for a ride the next day..the handlebars felt different....they were skinnier!
To set the stage, so to speak, I have a specialize sequoia expert (that is for sale) which I have changed the tape on quite a few times myself and I know that there is a gel layer that is squishy and sometimes "leaky- meaning that it comes off in your hands" but I just covered it over with the bar tape and it still funcitoned as extra cushion...
So..I go back to the LBS with my new skinnier bar with the pink tape and talk to one of the mechanics...and he tells me, that yeah there was a gel pad there but that sometimes the gel thing desinigrates and ...well they just threw it away.
Well, I guess I am a little bit peeved...based on my experiece with my sequioa...but maybe the pad on the Ruby wasn't as well made??
Has anyone had an experience like this when changing bar tape?