New bar tape; colour suggestions

yeachan153

Now that the old black bar tape is pretty knackered I am looking for some new tape. The old black one looked a bit boring, sure the bike isn't going to look half as good as some of the stuff out there but any suggestions as to what colour I should get?

Thought white tape might go well with the white saddle so the Fizik MicroTex is the main contender now- heard it doesn't go dirty quickly either.

Here's the bike!

me-109

On that bike, with black stem and black seatpin, definitely black. Then change the saddle for a black one and you're done!

You're in danger of shopping for whitewalls or worse - white tread. :shock:

king_jeffers

Red, it will match the stripes in your seat and make you faster as well... guaranteed!

yeachan153

Me-109 wrote:

On that bike, with black stem and black seatpin, definitely black. Then change the saddle for a black one and you're done!

You're in danger of shopping for whitewalls or worse - white tread. :shock:

I thought 'WHITE!' after this looked pretty nice:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130728898388?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619#ht_500wt_1317

Not sure about red, doesn't really match does it? Not sure

smidsy

Rule #8// Saddles, bars, and tires shall be carefully matched.3
Valid options are:

Match the saddle to the bars and the tires to black; or
Match the bars to the color of the frame at the top of the head tube and the saddle to the color of the frame at the top of the seat tube and the tires to the color where they come closest to the frame; or
Match the saddle and the bars to the frame decals; or
Black, black, black

TommyEss

If you do change the saddle, take the opportunity to position the new one at a decent angle too - how do you not slide right off that thing - it's like a ski jump!

yeachan153

Actually, Fizik do a MicroTex bar in silver so it will match the frame?

ajb72

smidsy wrote:

Rule #8// Saddles, bars, and tires shall be carefully matched.3
Valid options are:

Match the saddle to the bars and the tires to black; or
Match the bars to the color of the frame at the top of the head tube and the saddle to the color of the frame at the top of the seat tube and the tires to the color where they come closest to the frame; or
Match the saddle and the bars to the frame decals; or
Black, black, black

….or don't be a sheep and go for what makes you happy. Fizik now do some seriously glossy white bar tape, it looks like shiny white latex! Not my cup of tea, but very easy to keep clean.

FunBus

White tape only looks nice in the showroom.....one ride and it's a mucky grey - even though grey would go quite nicely with your frame.

I'd try and pinch a bigger bit of cardboard as well......otherwise we'll be discussing carpet colours very soon!

yeachan153

Yeah, white going off colour was one of the reasons I had reservations about it. Reckon silver will do nicely. Thanks everyone for suggestions

Edit: Grey may do nicely as well on that note!

styxd

White tape looks good on fast, clean bikes. That bike looks messy with bits of cable and attachments hanging everywhere, not to mention the huge stack of spacers and dodgy saddle angle.

So I'd get summat like this to give it even more character

yeachan153

nah

fleshtuxedo

Leave the tape and get a black saddle at an appropriate angle

sungod

white + white hoods, in which case fizik microtex as it stays pretty white and once grubby cleans up well

or

black + black hoods

simple


if you are adept with photoshop or a similar tool, take a side-on picture in neutral lighting, and then select the area the tape will be on, then you can use the adjustments to see the effect of different colours, it works very well

slowondefy2

White bar tape only gets grubby if you get the wrong bar tape. Fizik Microtex is not the wrong bar tape.

yeachan153

Yeah I've decided on silver pretty much and if that goes out of stock white; MicroTex does have a reputation of not getting dirty quickly. I think silver will complement the frame really