Best white bar tape?

BigSpecs
BigSpecs Posts: 309
edited April 2009 in Road buying advice
Needs to be pretty long as I ride 44/46 cm bars. I like pretty thick/ spongy tape. I currently use Specialized Bar Phat, is there anything better?

Cheers,
Col.

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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Fizik stuff is the easiest to keep clean, but it's really thin.
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  • DaSy
    DaSy Posts: 599
    I like the Pro Microfibre stuff, looks and feels quite leather like and cleans up pretty well.

    There is more than enough to fully wrap a 44cm bar.
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  • Idi Merckx
    Idi Merckx Posts: 19
    Fizik elite bar tape is the best.

    If you find it too thin then either:

    (1) (expensive option) buy the fizik gel pads to insert on the handlebars under the tape. i think they are about £20, but you reuse the same pads each time you replace the tape, so its a one off purchase.

    or

    (2) (cheaper option) put cheap tape (£3.99) on bars then put fizik tape on top.

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