Sick burn there, Lombard.
I did a little research (google) on the Bontrager rim strips. According to Trek website there are two different versions. White for carbon fiber rims, and black for everything else. When I bought the rim strips a coupla years ago the salesperson at the Trek store sold me the white ones. He made no mention of black version.
I'm guessing the white ones work in non-carbon fiber applications?
Anyway, Trek's website says you can't remove them and use them again and I see why. The two rim strips I pulled out of my wheels when I gave up on t/l are all wavy and deformed along the thin edges. It takes a lot of prying to get them back off the wheel and by the time I was done they were toast. So I'll experiment with the DT Swiss rim tape I bought.
If I decide to go back to the Bontrager rim strips I'll make sure to buy the black ones.
I found a couple of places to buy what appear to be aftermarket copies of the Bontrager strips but I'm not gonna take that chance.