I hate to show my ignorance, but.. At the Cirque this year & periodically 0n ebay I have seen bikes with a single band of what appears to be cloth bar tape wrapped around the top tube 6 or so inches from the headtube. What function does this serve? The only thing I could think of was some type of sweat catcher. If that is the purpose I would have to wrap most of my top tube. I seem to dribble sweat all over the front half of my bike. Greg (sweatr machine) Brooks Ridgetop,TN