Re: [CR]Base tape, handlebar tape

(Example: Production Builders:Cinelli:Laser)

Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:36:15 -0400
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Base tape, handlebar tape
In-Reply-To: <380-2200731261386546@earthlink.net>


At 09:08 AM 26/03/2007 -0400, marie autrey wrote:
>As cotton hadnlebar tape is getting scarcer and scarcer, I went on Ebay in the dressmaker's supply section, and ordered some 1" herringbone twill tape. It comes in a 60 yard roll for twenty bucks or so, in any color, and other than the lack of sticky stuff on the back, is indistinguishable from Cateye cotton.
>
>As to actually using the stuff, well, um, ahem, if haven't exactly gotten around to trying it. I'm guessing that contact cement or even rubber cement brushed on the back and allowed to dry ought to work.
>

In the old days we used to first warp the bars with friction tape (what was known as electrician's tape before the PVC stuff), then wrapped cotton rim tape over it. I believe you can still find friction tape, but you could also use double sided adhesive tape; however, that would be harder remove later.

John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada