I've decided to fit cloth over some recycled comfy cork and then shellac it. Shellac on cork tend to look like... a wiener sausage! http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/images3/cc228-5.jpg Shellac - The Myth Revealed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=channel&v=UiPcpnylK-4# http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TanLmg-RDps
On 1 Maj, 18:54, Dave Craig <dcr...@prescott.edu> wrote: > > To bring this around to the topic at hand, I'm not a fan of shellacked > > cork tape. It's hard (for me) to get an even coat without drips, and > > it wears quickly with use. > > I agree that the shellac wears quickly, especially in the places that > I grip most often. This has never bothered me since it makes the cork > look more like leather (uneven and organic). I touch up the shellac > occasionally, though not obsessively - I don't carry shellac on tours! > I'm OK with a few drips because it's my bike and I don't care. > However, I'll stand by the fact that unprotected cork wears quickly > and, unless it is black, it looks grubby pretty fast. > > Shellacked cotton tape is beautiful. One can do fancy harlequin weaves > with it. It wears like iron. Why shouldn't everyone use it? I would > love to. There are two reasons for me. Sometimes I like to ride > without gloves and I have big hands. Riding with cotton tape is like > riding on bare bars - no padding and a small diameter. I just don't > find cotton taped bars all that comfortable. All this said, I am > switching my Atlantis off touring and town duty now that I have a > Bombadil. Perhaps, I'll consider committing to wearing gloves and > using cloth tape. > > Dave > > "The desire to have a beautiful bike is something shared by everyone. > The desire comes with childhood; some cultivate it, others repress it, > but it's always there." -- Paul Fournel - Need for the Bike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
