Sarah guessed in a comment to my previous post that the handlebar tape was pink. Give her a cookie!
Pink is like red, so that’s what I chose. It’s a cork-gel tape, not cloth, so no shellac. It’ll be just pink. I’m man enough to ride with pink tape, at least until it becomes grungy-pink, then I’ll replace it with something different.
Before putting the new bar tape on, I re-positioned the brake levers and replaced the cables and cable housing.
It’s a far better job than I did last time, but it’s not perfect. I also like this bar-tape better than what I used before… I don’t actually remember the brand of the last stuff, but this is Planet Bike bar tape. Not only was it easier to wrap, but it was several dollars cheaper.
Woohoo! Looking snazzy!
Looks great! I haven’t tried Planet Bike tape. Usually I get Cinelli, I really like their gel cork stuff as opposed to just the plain cork stuff, but it’s more expensive to get the gel kind, of course.
Irony. You have a OYLC sticker on a bike that wasn’t purchased there and doesn’t get serviced there.
Tim, It’s been serviced there a couple of times. It also has a Riv sticker on the rear fender, but it’s certainly not a Riv.
Oh, and I remembered the previous bar tape was Deda. It was unwieldy because the center was substantially thicker than the sides. The Planet Bike tape is only a little thicker in the middle.