Bar tape on flat bars?

[longers]

I'm getting to thinking after 16 months I'd like to change the grips on my Sirrus.

Would putting bar tape on be a viable option?

I'm thinking I can get a good double thickness from a roll but the drawback might be unravelling problems.

Any ideas?

 

[col]

How about thin strips of duck tape,i dont think it would unravel in a hurry?or even tucked into the bar end,like you would with drops,and jammed in with a bar end stopper?

 

[tdr1nka]

http://buy.maplin.co.uk/Free_UK_Del...Tape_33776/Double_Sided_Carpet_Tape_33776.htm

This might be an idea for securing your tape?

 

[bonj2]

If it's a road bike why dont' you get drop bars?

 

[mickle]

It's not a road bike until it gets drop bars actually

 

[Disgruntled Goat]

A bit of red insulating tape would pep it up no end.

 

[andygates]

Why is it any more likely to unravel than on drops? Just finish with electrical tape and you're done.

Fugly though, but that's aesthetics, YMMV!

 

[Tynan]

why do it at all, there's excellent grips out there surely?

 

[longers]

Fugly though, but that's aesthetics, YMMV!

Suits me sir!

why do it at all?

Don't know, it just sounds comfy. A friend has just re-taped his drops with some very nice squidgy tape and I fancy trying it. A double thickness might be extra comfy.
I got some of the same stuff on the way home so if I can be bothered after tea I'll give it a go.

 

[twowheeledwriter]

Bar tape worked a treat on my Genesis Day 02 flat bar - I didn't like the grips that came with it and replaced almost them immediately with Deda bar tape - very comfortable.

I secured it with black insulating tape, although I did have a couple of unravelling problems - probably due to my inexperience in wrapping bar tape.

 

[Zoiders]

You could go over to down tube shifters and fit bull horns/low pros with levers in the end, you could go the whole hog and fit full tri bars

 

[longers]

Sorry Zoiders, I don't get your post . Is it sarcasm?

The tape worked, it's a bit like holding orthopaedic cutlery but very comfy.

 

[Zoiders]

No its not sarcasm

You dont want drops but you want something a bit more aero

Bull horns may be the way to go, plus if you have a good straight drag of a comute then arm rests and extensions may be a good thing, down tube shifters arent a bad thing either

 

[longers]

Glad you weren't being sarcastic, your post went straight over my head.
I was only asking about changing grips for tape, not changing the system for mounting the grips or tape. That's why I was confused.

 

[simonali]

Oury lock-ons are what you want. Nice and squidgy!