Timeline for Should I rewrap my peeling handlebar tape? Is this a job for a bike shop?
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| Jun 15, 2022 at 5:19 | vote | accept | Dan K | ||
| Jun 14, 2022 at 23:24 | history | edited | Criggie♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 14, 2022 at 21:25 | comment | added | Swifty | Yes to up the outside and down the inside! Finally someone gets it right. (no shade on Calvin Jones though, he's wonderful) | |
| Jun 14, 2022 at 11:14 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | @ChrisH yep - also known as "splash tape" | |
| Jun 14, 2022 at 9:02 | comment | added | Chris H | If you like bright colours in your bar tape, there are some that are bright+black+grey in camo style patterns. They don't show the dirt so much as pure bright colours. | |
| Jun 13, 2022 at 22:11 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | @DavidW my 80's bike that I ride in the rain has white bartape, because I had it, and its nylon so not going to absorb water. Being nylon dirt simply wipes off, unlike foam tape where it sinks in. | |
| Jun 13, 2022 at 22:01 | comment | added | DavidW | My carbon bike came fitted with white (!) bar tape. After 2 rides it already looked a tad dingy, and I could never get it looking properly clean. I changed to red at the first opportunity and would never go near a light colour again. Looks flash in the showroom, though. | |
| Jun 13, 2022 at 21:14 | history | edited | Criggie♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 13, 2022 at 21:07 | history | answered | Criggie♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |