Advice - white bar tape and Castelli Prima gloves don't mix

nicklong
nicklong Posts: 231
edited December 2015 in Road buying advice
So, that is now 2 bikes with pristine bar tape which I've managed to leave with weird reddish/pinkish stains. First time I thought it was bad luck (old tape, heavy rain, new gloves) but I've just soiled virgin bar tape after its first ride :x

So, buying advice - Castelli Prima gloves are very warm and breathable, the metal wool in the fingertips is great for using your phone (I didn't realise how instinctively I took off my other gloves to operate my phone until I started wearing these) but the grippy texture stains white bar tape badly.

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  • banditvic
    banditvic Posts: 549
    White Bar tape and white hubs, not really for people who ride their bikes.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Black. Always black bar tape.
  • northcliff66
    northcliff66 Posts: 187
    I feel for you. One of my bikes is black with black wheels, and a little white decals on the frame. Having black bar tape as well just makes you look like some sort of pseudo stealth d**k, so white tape it is.

    Specialized Grail gloves will keep it pristine.

    Or you could just go with the stealth dic* look.

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