For those who use aero / triathlon bars, do you wrap them or leave them bare? If you do, do you wrap only the end / grip area, or the full length?
Just curious.
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Aero bars wrapping ?
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Re: Aero bars wrapping ?
Just the grip end here. Maybe a third of the way down from memory.
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Re: Aero bars wrapping ?
I wrap the first third or so to cover where my hands will be. I do it for reasons of comfort and thermoregulation rather than grip - but it helps that too. Mine are on a distance riding bike so they have a strip of gel padding under the tape as well. I’m not trying to save weight at all.
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I’ve always just used the esi racers edge (skinny) mtb foam grips on mine, prefer this to tape myself
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Id never thought of that. Would they sit ok on ski jump style bars ?substandard wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 8:54 pm I’ve always just used the esi racers edge (skinny) mtb foam grips on mine, prefer this to tape myself
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Re: Aero bars wrapping ?
Just get some of these perhaps?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/381385053989 ... EB37550937&
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/381385053989 ... EB37550937&
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There’s a few pics on my Instagram from when I used them for gbduro in 2019. have a scroll back through my page if you like. substandard8 is my username.ootini wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 9:05 pmId never thought of that. Would they sit ok on ski jump style bars ?substandard wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 8:54 pm I’ve always just used the esi racers edge (skinny) mtb foam grips on mine, prefer this to tape myself
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Thank you. Thats a good shout.Just get some of these perhaps?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/381385053989 ... EB37550937&
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Re: Aero bars wrapping ?
I've used full wrap and now have hand area only.
I reckon that this way is better when you want to be dangling kit from them or fitting a computer etc.
And it saves a few grammes.
I reckon that this way is better when you want to be dangling kit from them or fitting a computer etc.
And it saves a few grammes.