RE: [CR]did cloth tape change or do I have a misty incorrect memory?

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Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:09:38 -0800 (PST)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: [CR]did cloth tape change or do I have a misty incorrect memory?
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <8F6EFCD79310D411A1A000902771A2F84FDB36@skink.canecreek.com>


I think it all depends on which brand you typically used in your youth. For example Tressoplast and Tressostar are not identical - they differ in weave, thickness, width (slightly) and flexibility. The Italian stuff (is it all really the Bonnoto tape that Peter mentions?) is more flexible than either of the French tapes. Cat Eye is wider, more flexible and has a very loose weave. I haven't used the more expensive Japanese tape in something like 20 years so I just don't recall what it's like. A couple of years ago, I inspected the weave of these tapes with a jeweler's loupe and sent an email about it. Absolutely no one was interested at the time. What's happened lately to spark the interest in cloth tape? Anyway, I'll try to dig it up again. Cheers, Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia --------------------------------------
> Ann,
>
> I have run into the same problem. Maybe I have lost the skill
> I thought I
> had in the 70's. I find Bennoto to be much easier to install
> these days.
>
> Peter Gilbert
> Cane Creek Cycling Components
> Fletcher, NC
> 800-234-2725 ext: 316
>
>
> I bought white tape for the Monte and when wrapping it last
> night, noticed
> it wasn't nearly as easy to use as the stuff I remember
> buying in my
> youth. I *think* the tape I used to use was thicker and
> stretchier. Could
> that be?
>
> Ann Phillips, Decatur GA
>

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