Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:56:31 +0100 From: "Martin Appel" <martin@camelot.de> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]shellac a "cork" handlebar tape?
shellacing a cloth handlebar tape is a nice way to give your bike a classic look.
Sad thing is that cloth handlebar tape in colors other than black seems to have vanished from the market; Rivendell is out of stock...
so i thought of alternatives.
Cinelli sells a modern "cork" padded handlebar tape in color "nature"
(see http://www.bike24.net/
i wonder i it might be possible to put shellac on one o those tapes? anybody ever tried it?
thanks or any hints,
Martin Appel Munich, Germany
I have all of the colors of cloth tape in stock, as do others, I imagine. I sell a lot of white cloth to folks that are going to shellac it. Done properly, one can match a Honey Brooks saddle pretty well, I'm told....
Greg Parker
Dexter, Michigan
http://www.bicycleclassics.com