Goldilocks:
Here is one that may be jusssst right: used innertube. Amount of padding effect could be tuned by how tightly you wrap it or whether you use the whole tube rather than slitting it into two separate strips.
This idea was borrowed from Roy Drinkwater who recommended it as a cheap interim wrap for use while dialing in stem length, lever placement, etc. on a new build.
I've only used it on a cobbled together Motobecane that I gave to a friend. Felt pretty good to the touch and the price was right. Haven't tried to use a whole unsplit tube yet. Let me/us know how it works if you pilot test it.
Charlie Young
Honeybrook, PA
> In a message dated 11/6/2001 4:03:37 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> bil4@mindspring.com writes:
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> > Also, my favorite mountain bike/city bike grips is old eighties road bar
> > foam with shellacked cotton bar tape over the top.
> >
>
> I was about to ask what makes a good underlayment for cloth tape.
> The foam is a bit too much for my taste. Two layers of cloth not enough.
> I feel like Goldilocks(this ones too soft, this ones too hard, I want one
> just right!)
> Thinking of something denser and with a smaller finished diameter so as not
> to be obvious.
> Maybe inner tube? Tape meant for ball bats or racquets etc.?
> Anything better to use?
>
> Pete Geurds
> Douglassville, PA