Re: [CR]Cloth tape?!

(Example: Framebuilding:Restoration)

To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 22:54:00 -0500
Subject: Re: [CR]Cloth tape?!
From: <airart4@juno.com>


Chuck,

Interesting that you mrentioned that tape was used to mark the position of the seat tube. The bike I just picked up had tape on the seat tube and I could not figure out why it was there - now I know - thank you,

Mike Short, Austin TX.

On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 19:14:33 -0800 Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> writes:
> Toni Theilmeier wrote:
> >
> > Well, Chuck,
> > you write that most pro riders used handlebar tape to fix brake
> cables to tup tubes in the very old days.
> >
> > Thing is, there were much nicer and much more functional things
> around even in the thirties, like rubber straps that could be undone
> in a sec, or the famous Rosa metal clips that were even available
> specially made for small dia dual cyclo gear cables on one side and
> a fatter brake cable on the other, all in one clip.
> >
> > CanĀ“t think why they should not have used them but stuck to sticky
> tape. Matter of fact, you do see those things on old photos, too.
> >
> > Regards, Toni Theilmeier, Belm, Germany.
>
>
> Toni,
>
> I think a pro race mechanic from the 1950s and before would tell you
> that taping the cable housing to the top tube was fast (easy to do)
> and functional.
>
> There was a whole "tape culture" with the pro race mechanics back
> then
> (judged solely from photos and Rebour drawings). They taped the
> front
> of the toe clips, the fastener that attached the toe strap buckle to
> the
> toe strap, the folded over end of the toe strap, the brackets that
> held
> the gonfleur (CO2 cylinder) to the frame and the gonfleur too, the
> bottom of the handlebar water bottle cage to silence the rattling of
> the
> aluminum bottle, the bottle cage screws, the seat post and stem to
> mark
> their positions, the brake cables where they emerged from the brake
> bodies, the brake hoods, and the brake levers themselves. Sticky
> tape
> to the rescue...
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California
>
> .
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