ok..... rode with the tape and bar phat as it was.... still didnt' like it! i guess it's a case of TOO MUCH cushy!

i started getting sore palms at 6.5 miles! by the time i got home.... only 8 miles... my palms were red! go figure!

so hubby took off the thick cushy black tape wrapped the fizik tape over the phat.... it seems much less.... well... big! it almost feels the same as it did before... but i know this is thicker... so more dampening! i'll see tomorrow when i ride how i like it! (i did NOT like that the OEM goop oozed through the holes! so this should be gbetter in that respect at least!)

(previously i was able to ride for hours with the fizik tape and OEM goop stuff gloveless!)