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Cross over handlebar tape wrapping
Some time ago I stumbled across a site that showed one how to use two
(preferably contrasting) colours of bar tap to wrap one bars in a sort of cheque design, crossing each tape. I can't find the link now, any clues ? |
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Response to MSeries:
Some time ago I stumbled across a site that showed one how to use two (preferably contrasting) colours of bar tap to wrap one bars in a sort of cheque design, crossing each tape. I can't find the link now, any clues ? Could be Rivendell's http://rivbike.com/html/rr_handlebar.html though ISTR seeing another site with a photo of more pronounced contrast between the two tapes. -- Mark, UK. On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. |
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Mark McNeill wrote:
Response to MSeries: Some time ago I stumbled across a site that showed one how to use two (preferably contrasting) colours of bar tap to wrap one bars in a sort of cheque design, crossing each tape. I can't find the link now, any clues ? Could be Rivendell's http://rivbike.com/html/rr_handlebar.html though ISTR seeing another site with a photo of more pronounced contrast between the two tapes. That was it thanks. I'll publish some pics of mine once I've done it. |
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MSeries wrote:
Mark McNeill wrote: Could be Rivendell's http://rivbike.com/html/rr_handlebar.html though ISTR seeing another site with a photo of more pronounced contrast between the two tapes. That was it thanks. I'll publish some pics of mine once I've done it. It would be helpful if you could, along with a description of the technique you used and how you overcame any difficulties. ISTR that Rivendell used to have a fuller description and a much better photo than the current one. My long-neglected H.R. Morris needs some TLC and I'm tempted to wrap its bars that way myself. -- Dave... Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race. - H. G. Wells |
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Dave Kahn wrote:
MSeries wrote: Mark McNeill wrote: Could be Rivendell's http://rivbike.com/html/rr_handlebar.html though ISTR seeing another site with a photo of more pronounced contrast between the two tapes. That was it thanks. I'll publish some pics of mine once I've done it. It would be helpful if you could, along with a description of the technique you used and how you overcame any difficulties. ISTR that Rivendell used to have a fuller description and a much better photo than the current one. My long-neglected H.R. Morris needs some TLC and I'm tempted to wrap its bars that way myself. Will do DK, I'll get myself two packs of tape next weekend, what colours though. Bike is metallic blue/silver. I am thinking of using reflective tape from an old jacket and black bar tape but since the reflective stuff is not stretchy or self adhesive I am not sure it'll work round the curves. WILL look damn cool though, especially at night ! |
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Dave Kahn wrote:
MSeries wrote: Mark McNeill wrote: Could be Rivendell's http://rivbike.com/html/rr_handlebar.html though ISTR seeing another site with a photo of more pronounced contrast between the two tapes. That was it thanks. I'll publish some pics of mine once I've done it. It would be helpful if you could, along with a description of the technique you used and how you overcame any difficulties. ISTR that Rivendell used to have a fuller description and a much better photo than the current one. My long-neglected H.R. Morris needs some TLC and I'm tempted to wrap its bars that way myself. Been thinking about this when cleaning the bike today. Not sure it'll work very well on drop bars. The tape can't be overlapped so getting it round the curved bars will be hard to do well. Any thoughts ? |
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MSeries wrote:
Been thinking about this when cleaning the bike today. Not sure it'll work very well on drop bars. The tape can't be overlapped so getting it round the curved bars will be hard to do well. Any thoughts ? Pull and stretch the tape? But my honest thought is: don't bother. Shouldn't the priority be to make the tape *feel* good? Doing strange things to make it look fancy is bound to spoil that. ~PB |
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Pete Biggs wrote:
But my honest thought is: don't bother. Shouldn't the priority be to make the tape *feel* good? Doing strange things to make it look fancy is bound to spoil that. Not necessarily. With old style cloth tape many people would double-wrap in any case to improve the feel of the bars. The interlaced pattern might well give a better grip and feel then two layers wrapped the same way. -- Dave... Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race. - H. G. Wells |
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Dave Kahn wrote:
Pete Biggs wrote: But my honest thought is: don't bother. Shouldn't the priority be to make the tape *feel* good? Doing strange things to make it look fancy is bound to spoil that. Not necessarily. With old style cloth tape many people would double-wrap in any case to improve the feel of the bars. The interlaced pattern might well give a better grip and feel then two layers wrapped the same way. My initial motivation was to have double wrapped hooks on my tourer as last year on long (7 hours) rides my left hand started to get unusual pains. My thickest track mitts cured the problem but I like to ride without such items sometimes, truth be known I sometimes forget/lose them and can't arsed to go and fetch them. So I thought double wraping might be worth a try and thus thought about trying an unusual method/pattern. I may just try in on the straight hooks, perhaps with reflecttive 'chav' tape salvaged from an old navvy jacket. |
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On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 20:15:33 +0000, MSeries
wrote: My initial motivation was to have double wrapped hooks on my tourer as last year on long (7 hours) rides my left hand started to get unusual pains. My thickest track mitts cured the problem but I like to ride without such items sometimes, truth be known I sometimes forget/lose them and can't arsed to go and fetch them. So I thought double wraping Would you not be better off with an item such as http://www.sjscycles.com/store/item5278.htm ? (Product is MarSAS pads, for those that can't be arsed loading a web page) -- Amazon: "If you are interested in 'Asimov's I-Robot', you may also be interested in 'Garfield - The Movie'. ... erm, how do they figure that one out? |
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