Re: [CR]Cloth bar tape /was The romance is gone

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From: "Neill Currie" <neill_currie@comcast.net>
To: "Eric Elman" <tr4play@cox.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Cloth bar tape /was The romance is gone
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 09:27:01 -0500
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Has anyone tried misting plain water on this as it's being applied? Might help it stretch and lie flatter.

Neill Currie Hillsborough, Nh, USA.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Elman
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 7:25 AM
Subject: [CR]Cloth bar tape /was The romance is gone



>I am able to get it to lay flat and enjoy the challenge. But it is a
>workout (literally as I'm usually sweating and my fingers are soreand
>tired) and takes me upwards of 45 minutes per side. There is no trick that
>I'm aware of, just lots of work, reworking and even more reworking and
>eventually, it conforms. Almost like raising kids.
>
> Eric Elman
> Somers, CT
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Swan" <jswan@optonline.net>
> To: "Steven Willis" <smwillis@verizon.net>
> Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 6:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [CR]The romance is gone
>
>
>> Hi Steven,
>>
>> I have the same exact problem. When I was a kid I worked in a big bike
>> shop and I was the only one of about a dozen mechanics who could get the
>> cloth tape to lay down nice. It got to the point that everybody else just
>> gave up and I had to do all the cloth tape jobs... Anyway, these days I
>> just can't get it to lay flat. I know that the trick to it is to stretch
>> the tape on the bias; but it just wont budge no matter how hard I pull.
>> I'm thinking that they must have changed the tape.
>>
>> Regards, Jamie Swan - Northport, N.Y.
>> http://www.centerportcycles.com (mapped)
>> http://www.limws.org
>> http://www.liatca.org
>> http://www.cabinfeverliquidations.com
>>
>>
>> On Nov 19, 2005, at 4:03 PM, Steven Willis wrote:
>>
>>> I have just covered a set of handle bars on a freshly built up older
>>> bike of mine a Steven Calvert with old Campagnolo NR parts and the last
>>> thing to do was the bar tape with the old stand by Velox cloth tape.
>>> then all these memories came back. This stinks! I tried to remember if
>>> there was some old trick to get it to lay flat but noooo. Too many years
>>> of Cinelli cork tape in my hands. My hands have lost the grip to get it
>>> to not get those little folds in the tape. Then I remembered I never
>>> could get it to lay down perfect I would be happy to just hide it under
>>> the bar where the customer might not see it. I did remember to hide both
>>> of the ends under the new rubber hoods so it looks pretty clean. I need
>>> to find some one who likes to do this, maybe Ray or Dave is coming over
>>> for Friday night beer and I can get them to do it for me. Other then
>>> selling my soul does any body have any stories to get it to lay flat for
>>> me.
>>> Steven Willis
>>> 1778 East Second Street
>>> Scotch Plains NJ 07076
>>> 908-322-3330
>>> http://www.thebikestand.com
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>>
>>
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