Handlebar Tape

[fudgedog]

Some bikes have very thick "comfy" tape or is it thicker bars or a layer under the tape ?

 

[mickle]

I wrapped my bars twice to get some cush (and to cover up the first layer of flouro pink when I went off it!). There used to be foam grips available, made by Grab-On and then there is the modern option of gel pads which are installed at high pressure points under the bar tape.

 

[cadseen]

some bars are thicker, but a good cork tape should be sufficient unless your riding paris-roubaix

 

[Gerry Attrick]

You can get gel pads which lie under the tape if you feel you need it.

 

[jayce]

i buy the bontrager and that is thick and good quality too

 

[Dave5N]

I have double tape on my cross bike. It's great.

 

[yello]

Coincidently, I thought just yesterday that my bar tape might need replacing.

Then I realised I was wearing summer mitts for the first time this year and that the bars probably just felt different and I'd get used to it again....

...or I needed new mitts... or new bar tape!

 

[Neilwoo123]

Go on Yello you know you really want some new bar tape and gloves

 

[4F]

I wrap my bars with a single layer of old innertube and then bar tape over that.

 

[Gerry Attrick]

I wrap my bars with a single layer of old innertube and then bar tape over that.

Bit of a b****r if you get a puncture though

 

[kyuss]

I've got Spesh gel inserts then one layer of thin crap tape I bought at a jumble then another layer of Spesh Bar Phat. I do have massive hands though, so I get away with it, and the extra comfort is fantastic.

 

[Steve Austin]

Easton bar tape works fine for me.

 

[mickle]

some bars are thicker,

No they aren't, although they may vary in size at the point where the stem clamps them, the area under the bar tape is the same diameter on every drop handlebar bike you have ever seen.

 

[Arch]

I wrap my bars with a single layer of old innertube and then bar tape over that.

Mike Burrows tip for neat ending of bar tape, BTW. Before you start taping, cut a length (inch or so) of old inner tube and roll it onto the bars to sit at the stem. Tape bars, then roll inner tube section over the bit at the start to hold it. Much neater and long lasting than sticky tape.

 

[Globalti]

Specialized Roubaix tape is good.