Comments on: Humpty-Dumpty …. http://www.cycle-tours.com/blog/2008/06/06/humpty-dumpty/ Musings of the Itinerant Cyclist Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:40:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: CyclistRick http://www.cycle-tours.com/blog/2008/06/06/humpty-dumpty/#comment-916 CyclistRick Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:29:52 +0000 http://www.cycle-tours.com/blog/?p=235#comment-916 twinkie - Yep, real pain. I am not sure if I like spending THAT much time wrapping the bars. BTW, we saw you lined up at the Memorial Day crit, but since I was laying there waiting for the EMT to return I could not jump up to say hello. Andrew - yo. You must be glad to not rely on CalTrain these days; too many times getting bumped lately. As for the MicroTex, real pain to wrap and no padding are the bummers; supposedly easy to clean and long lasting but I am not Susie Spotless and rewrapping once a season is no big deal. I think I may go back to Deda/Cinelli cork next time around. twinkie - Yep, real pain. I am not sure if I like spending THAT much time wrapping the bars. BTW, we saw you lined up at the Memorial Day crit, but since I was laying there waiting for the EMT to return I could not jump up to say hello.

Andrew - yo. You must be glad to not rely on CalTrain these days; too many times getting bumped lately. As for the MicroTex, real pain to wrap and no padding are the bummers; supposedly easy to clean and long lasting but I am not Susie Spotless and rewrapping once a season is no big deal. I think I may go back to Deda/Cinelli cork next time around.

]]> By: andrew http://www.cycle-tours.com/blog/2008/06/06/humpty-dumpty/#comment-913 andrew Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:49:21 +0000 http://www.cycle-tours.com/blog/?p=235#comment-913 yo, hope the healing is going well. how's that microtex bar tape working ? curious. still doing the train huh? maybe if I wake up I'll head over to pescadero to cheer on some of ya. yo, hope the healing is going well. how’s that microtex bar tape working ? curious.

still doing the train huh? maybe if I wake up I’ll head over to pescadero to cheer on some of ya.

]]> By: twinkiepatissier http://www.cycle-tours.com/blog/2008/06/06/humpty-dumpty/#comment-909 twinkiepatissier Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:47:24 +0000 http://www.cycle-tours.com/blog/?p=235#comment-909 Oh man...Fizik bar tape is such a pain in the arse to wrap, I agree. I spent all Saturday afternoon trying to perfect it. Oh man…Fizik bar tape is such a pain in the arse to wrap, I agree. I spent all Saturday afternoon trying to perfect it.

]]> By: CyclistRick http://www.cycle-tours.com/blog/2008/06/06/humpty-dumpty/#comment-908 CyclistRick Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:24:52 +0000 http://www.cycle-tours.com/blog/?p=235#comment-908 Ali - The Wife belongs to the style police, part of having a degree that is, in part, from an art school. So I get a lot of feedback on the match thing. And we have this conversation about matching, and besides the kit there has to a match or a complement to the bike. My kit is rather bland, black, blue, white while the bike has black, pink, yellow, and green. The only 3 way match would be black, but that is too boring. Ali - The Wife belongs to the style police, part of having a degree that is, in part, from an art school. So I get a lot of feedback on the match thing. And we have this conversation about matching, and besides the kit there has to a match or a complement to the bike. My kit is rather bland, black, blue, white while the bike has black, pink, yellow, and green. The only 3 way match would be black, but that is too boring.

]]> By: ali http://www.cycle-tours.com/blog/2008/06/06/humpty-dumpty/#comment-907 ali Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:34:09 +0000 http://www.cycle-tours.com/blog/?p=235#comment-907 hello fine men. choosing bar tape boils down to only 1 essential question...Which brand best matches the colors of your kit. and rick, see ya at the track! hello fine men.
choosing bar tape boils down to only 1 essential question…Which brand best matches the colors of your kit.

and rick, see ya at the track!

]]> By: CyclistRick http://www.cycle-tours.com/blog/2008/06/06/humpty-dumpty/#comment-906 CyclistRick Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:07:18 +0000 http://www.cycle-tours.com/blog/?p=235#comment-906 Todd - yep, lack of cushioning can be a problem. Guess that is why they sell the gel underlayer. Chris - the Brooks looks great, but the lack of stretch made it hard to get it to lay flat around the bends and curves; really problematic in the figure 8 around the levers, and Ergo levers are tricky anyway. Todd - yep, lack of cushioning can be a problem. Guess that is why they sell the gel underlayer.

Chris - the Brooks looks great, but the lack of stretch made it hard to get it to lay flat around the bends and curves; really problematic in the figure 8 around the levers, and Ergo levers are tricky anyway.

]]> By: chris http://www.cycle-tours.com/blog/2008/06/06/humpty-dumpty/#comment-905 chris Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:20:40 +0000 http://www.cycle-tours.com/blog/?p=235#comment-905 I thought Brooks leather wrapped well. Maybe it depends on the shape of your bars. I thought Brooks leather wrapped well. Maybe it depends on the shape of your bars.

]]> By: Todd Manley http://www.cycle-tours.com/blog/2008/06/06/humpty-dumpty/#comment-904 Todd Manley Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:42:15 +0000 http://www.cycle-tours.com/blog/?p=235#comment-904 I had this same tape on my bars when I won down at Cantua. For the last lap when I was off the front I was hunched over and had my forearms resting on the top of my bars. There was absolutely no cushioning from this bar tape. The next morning I was bruised and pretty sore. Since switching back to the cushy Deda tape I'm pretty happy. I had this same tape on my bars when I won down at Cantua. For the last lap when I was off the front I was hunched over and had my forearms resting on the top of my bars. There was absolutely no cushioning from this bar tape. The next morning I was bruised and pretty sore. Since switching back to the cushy Deda tape I’m pretty happy.

]]> By: CyclistRick http://www.cycle-tours.com/blog/2008/06/06/humpty-dumpty/#comment-903 CyclistRick Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:31:56 +0000 http://www.cycle-tours.com/blog/?p=235#comment-903 Eugene - that is what I heard, and why I decided to give the Fi'zi:k stuff a try. But it is sure a lot stiffer and harder to work with than cork. Eugene - that is what I heard, and why I decided to give the Fi’zi:k stuff a try. But it is sure a lot stiffer and harder to work with than cork.

]]> By: eugene http://www.cycle-tours.com/blog/2008/06/06/humpty-dumpty/#comment-902 eugene Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:34:19 +0000 http://www.cycle-tours.com/blog/?p=235#comment-902 The fizik tape wears like iron, ride is about equal to two rolls of cloth tape, harder than the cork stuff. It can be cleaned up using windex and elbow grease. I have not tried this but am told it works. The fizik tape wears like iron, ride is about equal to two rolls of cloth tape, harder than the cork stuff. It can be cleaned up using windex and elbow grease. I have not tried this but am told it works.

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