The perforated will be substantially lighter, like drillium for your bar tape.
:) I don't have direct experience, but I would think that there's not much of a difference either way, and you should get whichever floats your boat. Best wishes, Andrew in SLC On Friday, June 24, 2016 at 1:22:08 PM UTC-6, Tim Butterfield wrote: > > I noticed both this and the regular Brooks leather bar tape are > perforated. Is there a benefit to the perforations or would a solid tape > like the Compass Grand Bois leather tape be better? > > https://www.compasscycle.com/shop/components/handlebars/grand-bois-leather-handlebar-tape/ > > I can imagine grip might be a little better with perforations, but > possibly at the expense of longevity in weather. I'm leaning towards the > solid Grand Bois tape, but could be swayed if having perforations was > substantially better overall for some reason. If leather, I'll treat with > Obenauf's LP for either. > > Thanks. > > Tim > > On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 8:18 AM, Andrew Patteson < > andrewp...@waterfordschool.org <javascript:>> wrote: > >> One newer (and vegan) option is this stuff: >> http://www.jensonusa.com/Brooks-Microfiber-Bar-Tape >> >> I don't have a lot of miles on it, but it feels like it will last forever. >> >> Cheers, >> Andrew in SLC >> > -- 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.
