Hey Greg,
The top tube wrap trick goes way back and all good trackies partake. In
a shunt, or even if only in a strong hit ( like the wheel swinging around
while loading the bike in the Ferrari, the top tube will get dented. Steel
bars + maybe 531 superlight tubing = "UHHHH" (mass depression). Sooooo....
just start taping where the bars would hit if.... and prevent the damage.
The tape softens the blow; absorbs the energy. But the "sweat catcher "
thing does sound sexy.
Remember to move the tape should you raise or lower the bars.
Enjoy,
ciao,
GianTindaro Pergolizzi
N.Y.C.
42 mi. in Central Park
> 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