How much is too much for bar tape?

StrangelyBrown
StrangelyBrown Posts: 232
edited July 2009 in Road buying advice
Need to get some new bar tape, and fancy a bit of white euro-pro bling - which is bye the bye.

I know my thoughts on this, but what are people happy to pay for tape given that some it is an f'ing fortune. However, it is a critical contact point... oh, the dilema.
It doesn't get any easier, but I don't appear to be getting any faster.

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  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    i managed to rip mine off in a crash not long ago. Got the LBS to put some new white specialized tape on and got that for less than a tenner. Very good deal.

    Only problem first time I did some work on the bike got oil all over the tape and now the shinny new look has been ruined
  • edhornby
    edhornby Posts: 1,741
    I got the specialised stuff for about a tenner and it's very comfy, and is standing up ok to the daily commuting abuse...
    "I get paid to make other people suffer on my wheel, how good is that"
    --Jens Voight
  • APIII
    APIII Posts: 2,010
    I never pay more than a tenner. I always use Deda though, which is one of the cheapest (but best imo). If you keep an eye out for the deals from Ribble et al, you can often pick it up for 6 or 7 quid. Plenty of colours available too.
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    If you include the likes of Brooks leather tape, then £40 is about the maximum. The new Lizards Skin stuff is over £20 a roll too. I'm happy to pay a tenner for the Fizik stuff, some of which is 4-5 years old and has withstood numerous scrubbing-ups from acute mould growth from spilt energy drink back to gleaming white. My biggest diappointment has been with Eleganza tape - it's manky after 6 months and will not clean up.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • FSR_XC
    FSR_XC Posts: 2,258
    Think I paid £3.50 from ProBikeKit.
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  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    I just use fairly cheap white cork type stuff - that way you can always replace it when it gets a bit grubby if it wont clean up.
    it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
  • ACMadone
    ACMadone Posts: 300
    Usually pay about £7 for Bontrager stuff
  • Chip \'oyler
    Chip \'oyler Posts: 2,323
    Pay what you want - its your money
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  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    ACMadone wrote:
    Usually pay about £7 for Bontrager stuff

    +1 for me. Get some good degreaser and wipe it down often and it will last longer.

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