handlebar tape

[lazy]

Hello peeps

where can i buy a cheap and decent tape for my road bikes handlebar.

thanks

 

[Octet]

Hello peeps

where can i buy a cheap and decent tape for my road bikes handlebar.

thanks

Your LBS (Local Bicycle Shop)

 

[ianrauk]

Online or as Octet sez above, your LBS.

 

[sreten]

Hi,
E-pray, and FWIW 99p/£1 shops sell double sided sticky foam tape, which is ideal
to go under non sticky bar tape. Some people use bubblewrap under bar tape.
rgds, sreten.

 

[lazy]

Online or as Octet sez above, your LBS.

i was thinking to buy online but there are so many types that its confusing.
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/...01&langId=-1&productId=929754&catalogId=10151
is this any good?

 

[lazy]

Hi,
E-pray, and FWIW 99p/£1 shops sell double sided sticky foam tape, which is ideal
to go under non sticky bar tape. Some people use bubblewrap under bar tape.
rgds, sreten.

bubblewrap interesting idea

 

[goody]

Handlebar tape might go a bit baggy once the bubbles burst.

 

[ianrauk]

i was thinking to buy online but there are so many types that its confusing.
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/...01&langId=-1&productId=929754&catalogId=10151
is this any good?

Yup, that will do ya.

Are you going to do the job yourself?
It's pretty easy once you have got the hang of it and quite satisfying.

There are plenty of You Tube instructional vids.

 

[Dusty Bin]

bubblewrap interesting idea

no - it really isn't.

 

[Octet]

You might find this thread helpful, it covers a number of topics for beginners in how to wrap handlebars:

http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/bar-wrapping.137502/

 

[ianrauk]

[QUOTE 2707550, member: 259"]It's one of the things in life I just cannot do. Like skipping with a rope and playing the harmonica.[/quote]


I can do both those things....but I can't for the life of me play cribbage.

 

[lazy]

Yup, that will do ya.

Are you going to do the job yourself?
It's pretty easy once you have got the hang of it and quite satisfying.

There are plenty of You Tube instructional vids.

yes i want to do it myself, worth a try

 

[User6179]

PRO tape with silicon adhesion on the back, lasts 5000 plus miles and is reusable so if you muck up putting it on just start again.

 

[smokeysmoo]

I still refer to these videos when I tape bars. Follow them and you will not go wrong*


View: http://youtu.be/psmxYxmE3T8



View: http://youtu.be/P7KwGCDWlUk


*I cannot be held responsible if you do go wrong

 

[Gravity Aided]

For under handlebar tape, I use that foam used for wrapping the edges of glass tabletops. Or foam ribbon used in packing. I use leather for bar wrap, but I live in a University Town, and have students throwing leather couches away all the time.