I can imagine the debate on the direction of bar tape was a good one....
However on that note - I am wrapping my Ambrosio bars (read sloping center taper) with cotton tape - White - and was thinking to Shellac them or not. ...any advice here on shellacing or not shellacing would be helpful - I have nver ridden bars with this treatment -
Also - what is the best way (and period correct way) to finish off the tape at the bar center? I don't want to used an off-topic electrical black tape type deal. How was it done in the fifties and sixties? Was there anyone ou t there with a great inovative method?
ooh - just thought of something - using campy bar end shifters - any though ts on cable routing under the tape? on the rider side or in the front? See Cinelli in Jan's Competition bike book - arrived last night - fantastic boo k - anyway, I noticed that this bike has the same type of setup as what I a m building...What are your preferences?
Thanks
Rob Goughary
Stamford, CT USA
> From: John Hurley <JHurley@jdabrams.com>
\r?\n> Subject: [CR] ebay: Dahltron No. 1 Tape
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 10:17 AM
\r?\n> I have a package of Dahltron No. 1
\r?\n> Professional Handle Bar Tape listed
\r?\n> on ebay, Item No. 230333287397. As an afterthought I
\r?\n> searched the CR
\r?\n> List Archives and was surprised (though I really should not
\r?\n> have been)
\r?\n> that this brand, which I had never seen before, has been
\r?\n> mentioned here
\r?\n> in the not too distant past. Warning: Do not look at
\r?\n> the photo of the
\r?\n> back side of the package, as it shows wrapping the tape in
\r?\n> the "wrong"
\r?\n> direction, starting at the center and working toward the
\r?\n> end. I
\r?\n> wouldn't want to be guilty of re-igniting that debate.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> John Hurley
\r?\n> Austin, Texas, USA