Jerry Moos asks "... available in 1954? What about plastic bar tape?..."
The 1954 Holdsworth Aids to Happy Cycling catalogue has a listing under handlebar tape for "Quelda Plastic 3/4" wide, .... in black, white, blue, yellow, red"
Peter Brueggeman
La Jolla California USA
4peebee(at)peterbrueggeman.com