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Grippy bar tape?

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Can anyone recommend grippy bar tape for my curly handlebars?
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I recently put some Lizard skin things on my tourer(swear filter?!)
Not cheap but very grippy, comfortable and, er, GREEN :oops:
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Gari wrote:I recently put some Lizard skin things on my tourer(swear filter?!)
Not cheap but very grippy, comfortable and, er, GREEN :oops:
Thanks, is it this stuff: http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lizard-skins-dsp-bar-tape-32mm/
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Yep.
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Yep - Lizard Skins DSP (now comes in a variety of thicknesses). It's a bit strange but it's it's certainly grippy, even when wet. A benefit of that is that you're likely to grip the bars less tightly and thus reduce vibrations/fatigue/numbness.
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Thanks fellas.
Was thinking of some sort of cork tape but Will bear this in mind if funds allow.
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Deda bar tape.
Soft, cheap, grippy..
Grubby little urchin.
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Kumquat wrote:Deda bar tape.
Soft, cheap, grippy..
Thanks, they do a few is this the one?
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/deda-bar-tape/
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The Bontrager stuff is amazing at about £13. I'm on my second set on my CX bike. Really fat and soft, but grippy in wet an muddy conditions.
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tommid wrote:The Bontrager stuff is amazing at about £13. I'm on my second set on my CX bike. Really fat and soft, but grippy in wet an muddy conditions.
Yes, Bontrager tape its what I use too, (ask the shop for a discount on it as its quite cheap to them so don't feel you have to pay the RRP). Pay around £10 a time, lasts OK.

As for the lizard skins tape, its great but fragile (cuts quite badly in my experance and a quick google and i found that i was not alone).
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NorwayCalling wrote:
tommid wrote:The Bontrager stuff is amazing at about £13. I'm on my second set on my CX bike. Really fat and soft, but grippy in wet an muddy conditions.
Yes, Bontrager tape its what I use too, (ask the shop for a discount on it as its quite cheap to them so don't feel you have to pay the RRP). Pay around £10 a time, lasts OK.

As for the lizard skins tape, its great but fragile (cuts quite badly in my experance and a quick google and i found that i was not alone).
Thanks, duly noted.
Found this bonty tape reduced: https://www.sigmasport.co.uk/item/Bontr ... lsrc=aw.ds
Will check my LBS at the weekend
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That's the stuff
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Opted for this in the end:
http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/BTPXNSG/pl ... l-bar-tape
Will see how I get on.
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techno mail wrote:
Kumquat wrote:Deda bar tape.
Soft, cheap, grippy..
Thanks, they do a few is this the one?
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/deda-bar-tape/
But not their carbon black pattern tape, hard, cheap and shiny. Ugh.
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