I have the blue cloth tape as well. I think it is a great match for the decals once it has been coated with clear shellac.
I also recommend using black hemp twine. I bought mine from a fabric store (Joanne's House of Fabric). I made the twine a bit darker by using a permanent marker on it before I shellac'd it. Lastly, I used silver barend plugs - these looked much nicer than black velox plugs. Dave On Dec 27, 5:02 pm, newenglandbike <matthiasbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Congratulations! My only experience with blue tape is Velox cloth > bar tape, but I've had good results with it, so I'd recommend it. > With clear shellac, it becomes a dark blue very similar to the blue of > the Quickbeam decals. > > On Dec 27, 6:45 pm, "Frederick, Steve" <frede...@mail.lib.msu.edu> > wrote: > > > > > I bought the last 52cm silver Quickbeam for Rivendell last week! I was > > posting to the 650b list and surfing the web, trying to find a 650b-wheeled > > fixed gear frame "like a Quickbeam," when a fellow kindly pointed out that > > the smaller sized Quickbeams from the last batch had 650b wheels. How that > > slipped under my radar I'll never know! > > > Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone has found a blue bartape that matches the > > blue trim on the silver QB? I'm a fan of Fizik's Microtex bar tape and > > their blue looks as though it might be close. > > >http://www.fizik.it/catalog_accessories.aspx?subid=bar_tape_microtex_... > > > Steven Frederick, East Lansing, MI- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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-bu...@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.
