Is there a way to make newly-wrapped vintage light-colored cloth handlebar tape not sticky on the outside of the tape, before my sweaty gloved hands dirty it up? This Chimiplast pale blue tape looks cool on the bike, and is an uncommon color, but the adhesive passed through the tape.... I would like to de-sticky it for use. If it was white tape, I would use talc but it's pale blue, so I'm not sure. Anybody dealt with this issue? I searched the CR Archives for advice ... found nada.
Peter "this is what I get for deviating from my usual black handlebar tape" Brueggeman San Diego California pbrueggeman(AT)ucsd.edu