Protecting Your Bar Tape.

[fossyant]

Black. First job on the Boardman MTB was to throw the white grips.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Black. First job on the Boardman MTB was to throw the white grips.

And the answer is "none". None more black.

 

[Markymark]

And realised that @Markymark was right (blimey, that was hard to type...)

Monkeys and typewriters.

 

[NorthernDave]

Monkeys and typewriters.

Northern monkeys?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Bar tape should match the colour of your jersey and be swapped over as necessary.

 

[Markymark]

Northern monkeys?

You been watching Lock Stock??

 

[mjr]

Varnish it. Clear marine varnish

 

[Spiderweb]

Don't worry about it, when it gets dirty scrub it with a nail brush and a little washing up liquid, comes up a treat.

 

[mick1836]

Is it the camera angle but he looks like he has stolen a child's bike and is getting away......

Hi Midlife, must be angle , snapped off TV on my phone.

 

[slowmotion]

Don't worry about it, when it gets dirty scrub it with a nail brush and a little washing up liquid, comes up a treat.

....or a nail brush and Swarfega/isopropyl alcohol/whatever other good stuff you have lurking about in the shed.....

 

[Markymark]

[QUOTE 4872591, member: 9609"]what function does it serve ? mine wore off years ago can't say I miss it, in fact quite like the feel of the cold steel in my hands on big climbs
(yeah I know its ally)[/QUOTE]
Makes holding the bars more comfortable and absorbs a little of the vibration.

 

[Tin Pot]

My last years Xmas present was a new Cube road bike with bright orange stem and handlebar tape. View attachment 360987 Now I always ride with full light weight gloves initially because on my MTB the heat use to make the grips sticky but now with the tape being so bright I wear gloves to keep them clean so keeping my bike in top order, apart from wearing gloves can anyone make any more suggestions to protect the bar tape?

Have your hands removed and replaced with robot grabbers, clean grabbers regularly and clamp firmly into bars when riding.

 

[shirokazan]

View attachment 360996

Nice bike, @raleighnut. Steel frame with downtube gear shifters. Class.

 

[raleighnut]

Nice bike, @raleighnut. Steel frame with downtube gear shifters. Class.

Nah, that one is only a basic Raleigh, nice though.

This one is class,

Worksop built 531c Raleigh

 

[S-Express]

can anyone make any more suggestions to protect the bar tape?

Best way of protecting it is to not ride the bike.