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Showing posts with label grip tape. Show all posts
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Retro grip tape - 80's throw back

My grip tape was starting to wear in a couple of areas. I bought a roll of grip tape on sale. I’m a little bit behind the times and I am certainly not a pro but I picked the white tape. I mentioned this a couple of weeks ago during a Wednesday Night Ride. One of the guys, Ty asked me if I was going all eighties and if I was going to get my ear pierced again.



Before - plain Jane black grip tape.

I have done this a time or two - remember that, when looking from the left side of the bike that the tape wraps counter clockwise.  Do as I say, not as I do - the above is incorrect.


Still wrong.  Why, because you have a natural tendency to grip the tape and push it forward.  This will prevent the tape from unrolling prematurely.  When doing the right side, stand on the right side of the bike and wrap it clockwise.

I actually like the yin yang / black white look - kind of anyway.


Finished product.  I think it turned out well on a black and white bike.

However, the question is if I will like dingy, dirty white on a black and white bike?

I did not know that the white tape was that retro – but, I am probably not going to get the ear pieced (again?)but I might rock the neon or maybe a Frankie Says shirt – Do you kids even remember those?
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