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  1. #1
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    Cool If you like LizardSkins grips....

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    ....now you can get bar tape for the road bike.

    I am thinking the orange would look pretty neat on my Roubaix.
    Last edited by sundial; 07-13-2009 at 05:25 PM.

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    mountain bikes don't use bar tape

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    They do if you want them to.
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    Show me a mountain bike ( not a cross bike) with handlebar tape. I've never seen one. Maybe they do exist, who knows?.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Irulan View Post
    mountain bikes don't use bar tape
    I was thinking about all of us who have both mtb's and road bikes. I'll bet this tape cleans up in a snap compared to the cork tape.

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    Thank you, Sundial. Like many other people here at TE, I don't look through the Categories much. I prefer to look at the New Posts. In that case, it doesn't matter which category you post in. I, for one, appreciate this posting, wherever category it's in. My bike (road bike, but who cares) desperately needs new bar tape. This stuff looks good.

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    I almost bought this for my new bars.. but I couldn't couldn't spend nearly as much on tape as my bars cost.. I hope someone can update soon with how they like it

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    Quote Originally Posted by tulip View Post
    I don't look through the Categories much. I prefer to look at the New Posts.
    yep
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    Quote Originally Posted by tulip View Post
    Thank you, Sundial. Like many other people here at TE, I don't look through the Categories much. I prefer to look at the New Posts. In that case, it doesn't matter which category you post in. I, for one, appreciate this posting, wherever category it's in. My bike (road bike, but who cares) desperately needs new bar tape. This stuff looks good.
    That's why I kept wondering what mountain bikes have to do with the price of eggs? Then I read your post and finally looked what section this was in

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    I bought it last week, as my current Deda tape was feeling kind of hard and unforgiving.

    Rode with it once so far. I was toying with a review in the road forum; maybe I will pop over there in a few to do one.

    In short, is it worth almost 40 clams? YES. It feels sorta like you wrapped your bars with gel footpads. However, it's light weight and doesn't make the bars thick like those gel underpads do. Also they give you enough to do the bars without having to stretch it almost to breaking. The end caps are crappy looking so I used my old Deda ones.

    I love my Lizard Skins on the MTB and now I can say I love them on my road bars too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Catriona View Post
    That's why I kept wondering what mountain bikes have to do with the price of eggs? Then I read your post and finally looked what section this was in
    I typically dislike "me too" posts, but... me too.

    Quote Originally Posted by tzvia View Post
    In short, is it worth almost 40 clams? YES. It feels sorta like you wrapped your bars with gel footpads. However, it's light weight and doesn't make the bars thick like those gel underpads do. Also they give you enough to do the bars without having to stretch it almost to breaking. The end caps are crappy looking so I used my old Deda ones.
    Thanks to Sundial for the link, and thanks to tzvia for the mini-review!

    My tape is looking a bit ragged and seems ready for replacement. I'm tempted to get the white, but I wonder how soon it'll be before it's grey. Hmmm....
    Last edited by witeowl; 07-13-2009 at 09:07 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Irulan View Post
    Show me a mountain bike ( not a cross bike) with handlebar tape. I've never seen one. Maybe they do exist, who knows?.
    My bf uses old style bmx bars/trekking bars on his mtb - angled forwards, the loops from the bars protect his hands and serve as bash guards. I think this was common however many years back, but not anymore.

    He uses handlebar tape on them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tulip View Post
    Thank you, Sundial. Like many other people here at TE, I don't look through the Categories much. I prefer to look at the New Posts. In that case, it doesn't matter which category you post in. I, for one, appreciate this posting, wherever category it's in. My bike (road bike, but who cares) desperately needs new bar tape. This stuff looks good.
    You're welcome and glad I could be of service.
    It's nice to read a review of the tape.
    Irulan, Salsa has come out with a trekking mtb, the Fargo, that seems to borrow the old style handlebar of the 80's--with brifters and tape. Looks like mtb's may be getting back to the roots of the original clunkers.

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    Thumbs up

    I saw this tape last year at Interbike and couldn't wait for it to come in.
    FINALLY it has hit the market, and I sell a TON of it. Yes, it's almost 3x more expensive than your old school cork. But it's sooo nice. I like the texture. You can clean it, and it has a nice cush to it.
    And the colors are very vibrant.

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    Just got it put on my bike, SWEEEEEEEETTTTTT! Thanks for the heads up!

 

 

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