Two dollar handlebar wrap.

Having a rather modest government type paycheck I am always on the prowl for
a bargain.... This is this weeks instalment of "Cheap ******* works on his
bike."

I was cruising Meg-A-Low mart placing myself in various situations that
could possibly lead to a personal injury law-suit... No action cooking so I
meandered over to the fabric and craft type area (you can usually find the
place chocked full of robust women weilding scissors.) Still no luck on the
personal injury but I did find some polyester tape in black, available in
various widths. It was only thirty-once cents a yard so I grabbed a couple
of dollars worth.

Back at the Muschmann compound with my booty I grabbed a can of clear spray
enamel, some Elmers spray adheasive and a cold beer. I sprayed the
adheasive on the bars, stuck some old cork wrap on the drops for padding and
went to wrapping. When I was finished I soaked the polyester tape down with
the clear enamel and hung everything up to dry overnight. I drank the beer
and a couple of his buddies. The next morning I sontered over to check the
job and it looked great.

Anyway, This is a cheap twist if you are a cloth tape type of guy.

Harvey - Ameritard at Large

Har-VEE Wrote:
Having a rather modest government type paycheck I am always on the prowl
for
a bargain.... This is this weeks instalment of "Cheap ******* works on
his
bike."

I was cruising Meg-A-Low mart placing myself in various situations
that
could possibly lead to a personal injury law-suit... No action cooking
so I
meandered over to the fabric and craft type area (you can usually find
the
place chocked full of robust women weilding scissors.) Still no luck
on the
personal injury but I did find some polyester tape in black, available
in
various widths. It was only thirty-once cents a yard so I grabbed a
couple
of dollars worth.

Back at the Muschmann compound with my booty I grabbed a can of clear
spray
enamel, some Elmers spray adheasive and a cold beer. I sprayed the
adheasive on the bars, stuck some old cork wrap on the drops for
padding and
went to wrapping. When I was finished I soaked the polyester tape down
with
the clear enamel and hung everything up to dry overnight. I drank the
beer
and a couple of his buddies. The next morning I sontered over to check
the
job and it looked great.

Anyway, This is a cheap twist if you are a cloth tape type of guy.

Harvey - Ameritard at Large

Pictures? Sounds cool.

P.S. WOOHOO my 100th post!


--
TheDL

Pictures? Sounds cool.

P.S. WOOHOO my 100th post!
TheDL

The DL..

I'm kinda waitin' to get this whole crap heap together.. I found a "deal"
on E-bay a couple of weeks ago...
I'll get a link up in a week or so.

International Harvester

Har-VEE wrote:

Having a rather modest government type paycheck I am always on the prowl for
a bargain.... This is this weeks instalment of "Cheap ******* works on his
bike."

I was cruising Meg-A-Low mart placing myself in various situations that
could possibly lead to a personal injury law-suit... No action cooking so I
meandered over to the fabric and craft type area (you can usually find the
place chocked full of robust women weilding scissors.) Still no luck on the
personal injury but I did find some polyester tape in black, available in
various widths. It was only thirty-once cents a yard so I grabbed a couple
of dollars worth.

Back at the Muschmann compound with my booty I grabbed a can of clear spray
enamel, some Elmers spray adheasive and a cold beer. I sprayed the
adheasive on the bars, stuck some old cork wrap on the drops for padding and
went to wrapping. When I was finished I soaked the polyester tape down with
the clear enamel and hung everything up to dry overnight. I drank the beer
and a couple of his buddies. The next morning I sontered over to check the
job and it looked great.

Anyway, This is a cheap twist if you are a cloth tape type of guy.

Harvey - Ameritard at Large


Another cheap option is to use old innertubes. They are suprisingly
comfortable (for the cost) and you can add a layer of cloth tape on top
if you really want to spoil yourself.

Another cheap option is to use old innertubes. They are suprisingly
comfortable (for the cost) and you can add a layer of cloth tape on top
if you really want to spoil yourself.

You know, I ALMOST did that, But I didn't want to junk up my bike..... with
the fresh Krylon paint job and all.

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 16:18:01 GMT, "Har-VEE"
wrote:

Another cheap option is to use old innertubes. They are suprisingly
comfortable (for the cost) and you can add a layer of cloth tape on top
if you really want to spoil yourself.

You know, I ALMOST did that, But I didn't want to junk up my bike..... with
the fresh Krylon paint job and all.


Ugh.... Don't wrap the frame, just wrap the handlebars [G]

"kantspel" wrote

Another cheap option is to use old innertubes. They are suprisingly
comfortable (for the cost) and you can add a layer of cloth tape on top
if you really want to spoil yourself.

Old innertubes are pretty handy for a variety of things. I've used them to
make "hoods" for old, non-aero brake levers, or to wrap sections of bars. I
don't like the smell of rubber on my hands, and it can be slippery, so I wrap
a layer of regular bar tape over it.

While I like nice bar tape like Cinelli, it's pricey, fragile, and tough to
unwrap without tearing. I've found that some of the cheaper look-alike stuff
is almost as comfortable and much more durable, making it a better choice for
utility bikes.

I knew a guy who used to strip the tread off of used bike tires and used that
as handlebar tape-FREEbie...

Peter Chisholm
Vecchio's Bicicletteria
1833 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535
http://www.vecchios.com
"Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

"Peter Cole" writes:

Old innertubes are pretty handy for a variety of things. I've used them to
make "hoods" for old, non-aero brake levers, or to wrap sections of bars. I
don't like the smell of rubber on my hands, and it can be slippery, so I wrap
a layer of regular bar tape over it.

With a sharp pair of scissors, split a blown-out 700c inner tube into
two pieces. This makes a pretty comfy bar wrap, i did it on a huffy
bike for only one summer of usage. Inner-tubes are flexible enough
that they could be wrapped across the brake levers (extensions
removed) to make pseudo-hoods and then you may continue wrapping the
rest of the bars with the same innertube.

A good choice when normal handlebar tapes costs 25% of the value of
the (huffy) bicycle.

- Don gillies
San Diego, CA

(Donald Gillies) wrote in message
[...]
With a sharp pair of scissors, split a blown-out 700c inner tube into
two pieces. This makes a pretty comfy bar wrap, i did it on a huffy
bike for only one summer of usage. Inner-tubes are flexible enough
that they could be wrapped across the brake levers (extensions
removed) to make pseudo-hoods and then you may continue wrapping the
rest of the bars with the same innertube.

A good choice when normal handlebar tapes costs 25% of the value of
the (huffy) bicycle.


Indeed. On my beater bike in grad school, I used inner tube as the
handle bar wrap and then stuffed corks into the bar ends to hold the
inner tube wrap. It looked pretty cool.

The problem is that inner tube degrades with exposure to the elements,
it eventually gets gummy and leaves black residue on your hands. It
also dry-rots and peels off the handlebars. You have re-wrap much more
frequently than if you use regular tape.

Its not a surprise that inner-tube-wrapped bikes in NYC look so damn
ugly.

-H.