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Old 05-27-21, 09:39 PM
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I suffered a bit of a bar tape crisis myself recently, 'tweren't nothin' a little electrical tape couldn't fix though.


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Old 05-27-21, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by genejockey
Yeah, because it was glued to the bar with an unholy sludge comprised of your sweat and the oxidized aluminum.
Velo Vol doesn't ride crabon bars? Luddite!
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
I suffered a bit of a bar tape crisis myself recently, 'tweren't nothin' a little electrical tape couldn't fix though.

Note that the tape on the tops appears to be wrapped as VV prefers.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
Note that the tape on the tops appears to be wrapped as VV prefers.
Basic black glueless Profile tape lends itself quite well to bidirectional tape jobs.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Basic black glueless Profile tape lends itself quite well to bidirectional tape jobs.
But doesn't always hold on brand new bars. Best to use regular sticky tape on new bars, THEN switch to glueless. Or put a little double sided tape down.
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Originally Posted by sshakari
white tape only even if it does not match the bike scheme.
White tape would look lame on my bike.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
White tape would look lame on my bike.
that is what everyone says, but then they still put white tape.
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Originally Posted by lesterofpuppets
i suffered a bit of a bar tape crisis myself recently, 'tweren't nothin' a little electrical tape couldn't fix though.

If you had wrapped it the other way, it wouldn't have unraveled.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
I suffered a bit of a bar tape crisis myself recently, 'tweren't nothin' a little electrical tape couldn't fix though.

Gross!
yep, that's going to be a slimy mess.

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Old 05-28-21, 03:52 AM
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I used to retape every year in the spring. But in the last 5 years or so I have been going 2 and 3 years between rewraps. A little Dawn liquid and a nail brush, white Sram super cork looks like new again. Can't beat it.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Good advice.

I keep dreaming I can’t breathe and waking up in a panic. I suspect I have obstructive apnea and maybe I’ll get a watch that will end up putting me on CPAP.
I was in the hospital for a couple weeks in 2016 and afterwards, every doc I went to for the next year wanted to know when my sleep test was. I figured that the floor nurses must have charted me for apnea or something which my doc confirmed and finally convinced me to get a test. It was a good thing. Last night, my machine recorded 0.3 events per hour over 8 hours. I can't remember my original test but I know the events per hour were in the double digits. I own a regular machine and a travel machine.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
My last wrap job performed flawlessly for years of hill climbing (even after it got scuffed in a crash).

If this one fails, we know the reason why.
Pro tip: Bar tape lives forever if your bike never gets ridden.
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Originally Posted by sshakari
white tape only even if it does not match the bike scheme.
That used to be de rigueur for Italian pros and changed daily.
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
I was in the hospital for a couple weeks in 2016 and afterwards, every doc I went to for the next year wanted to know when my sleep test was. I figured that the floor nurses must have charted me for apnea or something which my doc confirmed and finally convinced me to get a test. It was a good thing. Last night, my machine recorded 0.3 events per hour over 8 hours. I can't remember my original test but I know the events per hour were in the double digits. I own a regular machine and a travel machine.
Yeah, definitely something to take seriously. I have no risk factors, other than being old and male, have no other symptoms, and the inability-to-breathe thing is fortunately rare, but I will have to investigate sooner or later, I guess.
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
Pro tip: Bar tape lives forever if your bike never gets ridden.
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Of course, one can avoid the whole wrapping direction debate by not even going there.

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White bar tape will be happening on a ritchey soon.
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
Pro tip: Bar tape lives forever if your bike never gets ridden.

Than VV should be good.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Of course, one can avoid the whole wrapping direction debate by not even going there.

Thats the way I do ergo carbon bars.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Than VV should be good.
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Was this a good deal?

NFT digital image of Colnago bike sells for $8,600


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