Re: [CR] Richard Sachs and bar taping

Charles Nighbor wrote: "PS Notice the bar tape is wraped top to bottom"

Sure, Charles, by a guy who can't deal with a stuck seatpost in a 2003 (!) frameset . . . and can't spell "custom." Sheesh.

I'm going to go Michael Thompson one better: Tonight I will tape some bars by from the middle of the length of bar tape, starting at the brake levers and working outward. Then I will hoist a cold one and sleep soundly in the knowledge that every dang one of you is taping your bars wrong.

Kerrigan R. Bennett Pleasant Hill, California USA

P.S. I think Ray Dobbins contributed the most (maybe only) helpful taping tip to the list when he recomended removing the lever body and taping around the clamp. Works like a charm with cloth or cello. Thanks Ray! Now Ray is more notable to me for this tip than for his impressive collection or superb photography.

Archive-URL: http://search.bikelist.org/getmsg.asp?Filename=classicrendezvous.10901.0737.eml From: Charles Nighbor <cnighbor1(AT)comcast.net> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:35:36 -0800 Subject: [CR] Richard Sachs Custon Road Bike onCharleston Craigslist Jan 09

http://charleston.craigslist.org/bik/992381614.html

''Richard Sachs Custon Road Bike - $1500 (Charleston, SC) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- Reply to: sale-992381614(AT)craigslist.org [?] Date: 2009-01-14, 9:36AM EST

2003 Classic Richard Sachs custom bike. Hand made by the premier custom frame maker in the US. For more information on Sachs bikes go to richardsachs.com. Currently about a two year wait for a new Sachs bike. You will not see one of these on E-Bay! Campagnolo Record components. Bike includes two sets of Campy Neutron wheels (one clincher and one tubular), not to mention genuine Richard Sachs water bottle, worth at least $2.50. 42.5" bottom bracket to seat (seat post is "frozen", otherwise bike is in like new condition). '' Not seller Charles Nighbor Walnut Creek, CA USA