Ripped Bar Tape - What Do I Do

amc
amc Posts: 315
edited March 2009 in Road beginners
Fell off the bike this morning (waving to thank a car, hitting pothole and tumbling off - not at all embarrassing!) and ripped my new bar tape on the right hand drop. I also scratched my alu bars but assume that's not a problem.

So do i need to get an entire new bar tape or can i get away with just taping up where it's ripped. And if so, what's the best tape to use.

Cheers
amc

Comments

  • Bugly
    Bugly Posts: 520
    u dont need to do anything however it would look neater with nice fresh tape
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Either wrap some electrical tape over the scuffed tape to stop it unravelling further or replace the whole lot. You can spend from £2 to £50 on bar tape - your choice depends on how much time you spend crashing and how deep your pockets are. I find Fizik is durable and comes up nice and clean after a scrub - about £10
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • DomPro
    DomPro Posts: 321
    Electrical tape tidies it up well I reckon.

    Btw, I saw some £70 leather bar tape in C+ recently. :?
    Shazam !!
  • majormantra
    majormantra Posts: 2,094
    Monty Dog wrote:
    Either wrap some electrical tape over the scuffed tape to stop it unravelling further or replace the whole lot. You can spend from £2 to £50 on bar tape - your choice depends on how much time you spend crashing and how deep your pockets are. I find Fizik is durable and comes up nice and clean after a scrub - about £10

    What do you scrub it with? I've got some yellow bar tape that's rather oily thanks to carelessness and I was wondering what might be done about it. Laundry detergent?

    Cheers,
    Matthew
  • huggy
    huggy Posts: 242
    Toothpaste does the trick on my white tape and saddle.
  • gtitim
    gtitim Posts: 225
    Just change it. While your at it get a nice gel bar tape which really helps remove road buzz :)

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