Viva Plastilac.
And that great British slightly ribbed stuff. And I like the thick Benotto too. I especially like plastic tape that is designed not to be slippery.
Just think about the first guy who did a bar change in 20 minutes instead of 2 hours work and a day to dry.
I need to cut apart some shellaced bars and the waste of effort about makes me cry.
Joe
GNNJ
> Looking at Aldo's Legnano...
>
> http://www.classicrendezvous.com/
>
> ...it reminded me that shellacked cotton tape from the 30s, 40s, 50s
> looks just like plastic handle bar tape from the 1950s!
>
> I know that probably everyone on the list would probably say that the
> only appropriate place for plastic tape would be on a "department store
bike."
>
> But how about traveling back to the late 1940s when all things plastic
> were revolutionary! I've always looked upon plastic tape as being a
> poor substitute for cotton tape but maybe it was looked upon, back in
> the day, as a superior way to tape bars compared to shellacked cotton
tape?
>
> Any opinions?
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> SoPas, SoCal