I saw some retro/track bike taping jobs around the net where people used two colors of cotton handlebar tape, wrapped them in a woven pattern on their handlebars, then coated them with shellac.
I thought it looked pretty darn cool, so, since I like to stand out, I decided to do an updated version on my Blue Rc7...
My dog got tired of watching me...
I used metallic blue & white Fizik microtex. It took a few tries to get it just right, and it's almost impossible to get it smooth around the shifters and across the tops, which is why I ended the weave at the shifters by cutting the white & electrical taping the ends to the shifters. I think it's pretty snazzy myself...
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03-23-2008, 02:00 PM #1
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Fun with handlebar tape
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03-23-2008, 02:16 PM #2
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nice work! it's beautiful!
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03-23-2008, 02:19 PM #3
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Snazzy! I love the look of white handlebar tape but am worried about keeping it looking white. What you've done looks like a great solution.
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03-23-2008, 02:27 PM #4
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I did stripes in my team colors on my rain bike. It was getting pretty worn looking (the cloth tape was actually wearing through!) so I changed it recently to Cinelli Jelly tape, which is interesting in a different way - it is clear.
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03-23-2008, 03:04 PM #5
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Neat!
I had thought about doing some pink, but thought the solid pink would be too hard to keep clean, and haven't seen any marbled/patterned tape. That gives me ideas....
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03-23-2008, 03:50 PM #6
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Looks great, and very distinctive! I like the way it makes a kind of harlequin pattern when viewed from above.
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03-23-2008, 05:18 PM #7
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Why was the first word in my head 'SEXY'?
Great job!
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03-23-2008, 06:03 PM #8
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Hey! That's the same thing you said when you saw me!
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Why was the first word in my head 'SEXY'?
Really nice job.
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03-23-2008, 06:17 PM #9
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That is really cool! And yes, quite "sexy!"
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03-24-2008, 05:32 PM #10
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I guess I didn't do a good job of keeping my excitement down, huh? Originally Posted by zencentury
Hey! That's the same thing you said when you saw me!
Really nice job.
I'm about as good (or bad) wrapping bars as I am sewing
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03-24-2008, 05:38 PM #11
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HA! You're just being polite. I know what you were really excited about...SurlyGirl Originally Posted by F8th637
I guess I didn't do a good job of keeping my excitement down, huh?
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03-23-2008, 06:30 PM #12
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Cool. And is that two tired dogs I see?
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03-23-2008, 07:04 PM #13
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Thank, everyone! It's really not all that hard once you get the hang of it. I would have taken pics as I went along, but I didn't really have the extra hands
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03-23-2008, 08:46 PM #14
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Wow, that is absolutely beautiful. You have given me something to think about!
I apologize if I have asked you this before, but what bars do you have? Are they made to make the reach to levers a little easier? I am always on the lookout for ways I could reach my brakes more easily without changing EVERYTHING. (I know this is a hijack...feel free to PM me.)"The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury
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03-23-2008, 08:53 PM #15
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That's really stunning.
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