Thanks Jon, I got 6 years from the first wrap. That was a lot of riding, some rain, and especially a lot of sweat (s Texas). The failure mode was the leather stretched, separated from the adhesive film, and began sliding around more than I could tolerate - that was only on one side, and the other side was still functioning soundly - the leather aging was funky in a neat way. I think I did a better job this time and also think it may last longer.
On Friday, June 24, 2016 at 8:31:32 AM UTC-5, Jon Craig wrote: > > Wow - that does look nice! :) > > Question about leather bar tape - how long does it last? I can't fathom > dropping $70 on bar tape if it has to be replaced as often as the cotton > stuffs! > > On Friday, June 24, 2016 at 9:21:48 AM UTC-4, Ron Mc wrote: >> >> Just wanted to add something cool. My moustache cockpit is on my old >> Raleigh. With Rivendell bar-end pods, I'm still using the Zeus shift >> levers that were installed on my bike as downtube shifters in 1978. >> >> >> When you set the bars up. First thing is position of the brakes, next >> rotation on the bars in the stem, then rotation (down) on the brakes. Get >> all that set before you wrap. >> >> >> On Friday, June 24, 2016 at 7:54:25 AM UTC-5, Ron Mc wrote: >>> >>> I have Brooks leather bar wrap on my moustache bars - in fact, just >>> replaced them last week. Again, I love it, and it's funny how many people >>> at stops have to touch it. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
