On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery < thill....@gmail.com> 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. > > Well, that's back to the whole wabi-sabi thing. Shellacked cork does wear, but I found it wore quite gracefully--it gradually rubs off in the places where you grip most. Then you re-apply periodically. In a great fit of de-padding the bar area a few years ago, I switched to shellacked cotton and found it far more to my taste than cork, shellacked or no. (I also prefer unpadded gloves, so it's a thing of mine, I guess.) Plus, shellacked cotton does have that sleek old-school look which suits lugged steel to a T. These days I've become devoted to the Fizik Microtex bar tape, the version without the gel inserts, though I'd never shellack it. Murray Victoria, BC --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
