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...