Hi Tom,
I'm looking forward to Cirque too! Anyway, whatever the material, it's gott a be royal blue. Royal blue and gold go so well together.
Marc St. Martin Livermore, CA USA
-----Original Message-----
>From: Thomas Adams <thomasthomasa@yahoo.com>
>Sent: Mar 10, 2009 1:16 PM
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR] Bar Tape Taste Test
>
>Dear list:
>Â
>Â
>I need some sage counsel and advice.
>Â
>I'm slowly working to get a new bike ready for Cirque. I know, I kno
w, i
>t's much too soon to be ready for Cirque, but I'm only working on it:Â
I
>intend to procrastinate, delay and stall so that I get my full measur
e of
> last minute frenzy, desperately bolting parts on and taking em back
off,
> changing, gluing and panicking right up to the last second so that I
'll
>be perfectly primed for Leesburg.Â
>Â
>Â
>Anyway, the new bike is a 70's era Follis, wearing the pale blue/grey main
>tubes with the royal blue headtube paint scheme. The faux team jerse
y is
> Kelly green.  The buildup is featuring gold French parts.
 No tast
>eful restraint here! Note to friends: never, never, neverÂ
buy one g
>old doo-dad and think you can walk away from it. You will slowly be
driv
>en to try to acquire a full group. A Simplex rear mech was my gatewa
y co
>mponent. You can't help yourself. Resistance is futile.Â
 I now ha
>ve gold pedals, gold Mafacs, gold Edco headset, gold Ambrosio rims (I'm to
o
> heavy for the Mavic ORO rims), gold Nitto bars, yellow Binda straps----.
>Â I think my downfall was that great Peugeot poster of Thevent winnin
g th
>e '75(?) tour on the golden Pugeot PY10. Ah, what a lovely pic.Â
>Â
>http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/surfingcowboys_2041_472626201
>Â
>(BTW, anyone got a gold Simplex front derailleur and some (Ha Ha!)Â 1
75mm
> Stronglight Gold ano arms and rings? Oh, and I want a unicorn, a ce
ntau
>r and an honest politician to go with em, too.)
>Â
>So anyway, the question is what bar wrap treatment to use. The optio
ns a
>re wide open. I've used everything on other bikes from Tom Sand
ers exc
>ellent Amish leather wrap to shellaced cotton: screamin Benotto Celo to Ci
n
>elli cork fruit salad, Cateye black cotton to Stella Azzura faux stiched,
p
>erf-ed leather. Ol Bernie looks like he sported the traditoinal team
lea
>der brand new white cotton in all the pics. That's not really suitab
le f
>or me, as it wouldn't stay white long enough to make it up the stairs
fro
>m the basement.
>Â
>So help me out, folks. This isn't a period correct concour
s build.
>Â What tape is the most fittin in this context, which will maximize m
y vi
>ntage feng shui, which will make my bike desired by all women and envied b
y
> all men, what is the "best"? Philosophical digressions welcome.Â
Whad
>dya think?
>Â
>Tom Adams
>Manhattan, KS
>Â
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