Ditto on shellacked cloth. I've tried Brooks leather, shellacked cork, and modern plastic. Shellacked cloth comes out as my favorite. Durability is excellent. I had over 7k miles on shellacked blue cloth on my Romulus when I sold it and the tape was still in excellent shape.
-JimD On May 1, 2009, at 6:57 AM, MKahrl wrote: > > I recently tried shellaced cloth tape and I'm surprised and delighted > by how well it has held up over 3000 miles of riding. For probably > fifteen years I had been screwing around with various forms of cork > padded tape and they all start to chip up, migrate and loosen after a > few months and if they are any color other than black they soon look > grubby. Shellaced tape doesn't attract grim, cleans easily, stays in > place, has plenty of grip, and doesn't wear down. > > I thought I would miss the cushion affect but the Jack Brown tires > more than made up for it. > > Michael Kahrl > Columbus, Ohio > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
