Great to see the photos of your bikes, James. I'm not a cloth tape and shellac guy. That method is great on the wooden tiller of my vintage sailboat, but on the bike, I'll use regular bar tape with a modicum of cushion, then use cloth tape to finish of the wrap. Once I find a shade of blue for the end of time, I may get some Handlebra leather tape made, which should last for many years.
Cheers, Bill in Roswell, GA On Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 4:35:23 PM UTC-4, James Warren wrote: > > > On an orange Ram, the blue tape must be DARK. My opinion anyway. That last > of the 4 you show is my favorite on my Orange Ram, but I like the Cinelli > Denim Blue as well. I have at times shopped around, shunning blues too > light. > > Coincidentally, I rode my Ram today, which for commuting is a bit rare > these days. (I usually go Alba-bike of some kind.) Must be something in the > ether. So when I saw your post, it went well with today's Ram-love I'm > feeling. The bike is really light compared to a Hunqapillar! > > Here's mine, from back when the stem was a little lower and longer > horizontally (13 cm), I have Tech Deluxe in 12 cm on it now at seat level, > otherwise set up the same: > > http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2008/cc570-jameswarren1208.html > > > Damn, posted 9 years ago! Here's a bike for which I have never once > considered a repaint. > > -Jim W > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill in Roswell GA > Sent: Sep 14, 2017 1:18 PM > To: RBW Owners Bunch > Subject: [RBW] Re: Bar Tape Blues > > This link should work > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwWEjg3VXSrXZzEyRVhHTmN4TlE/view?usp=sharing > > > On Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 3:29:17 PM UTC-4, Bill in Roswell GA > wrote: >> >> The new-to-me orange Rambouillet is just about finished, except for bar >> tape. The bike came with Trek blue tape, darkened from age. On a graphic >> arts color wheel, blue is a complimentary color for orange, so figured I >> would stick with blue. >> >> I wanted a really dark navy blue color, but such a color is surprisingly >> hard to find! As quality of photos and computer monitors vary, the only >> real way to find it was to buy or trade for some different shades of blue. >> Most blue bar tape is a bright, sky blue. >> >> Cinelli Denim Blue is pretty good, not really navy blue, but darker than >> sky blue. Bike Ribbon offers a Dark Blue that isn't too far from Navy, >> though with a lot of gray in it. >> >> I'm using Neubaums Cloth Tape in Dark Blue as finishing tape. The shade >> is a bit different but that is fine if not preferred for finishing tape. >> >> Comparing the colors for reference, I took some photos outdoors on a >> cloudy day. The colors on my computer are quite close to the real thing. >> Photo posted in a shared folder. Let me know if you can't see it! >> >> *https://tinyurl.com/BarTapeBlues <https://tinyurl.com/BarTapeBlues>* >> >> Cheers, >> Bill in Roswell, GA >> >> cross post iBob/RBW >> > -- > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- 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.
