Question about road tape on a new bike
wx71
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Hi all,
Can anyone tell me if this is normal? I took my new road bike out for it's first ride (also this is my first road bike) and this is already happening to the handlebar tape
http://imgur.com/a/1yX6v
The weather was hot and humid today but I don't understand why it would start peeling that fast. Any suggestions?
Can anyone tell me if this is normal? I took my new road bike out for it's first ride (also this is my first road bike) and this is already happening to the handlebar tape
http://imgur.com/a/1yX6v
The weather was hot and humid today but I don't understand why it would start peeling that fast. Any suggestions?
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No shouldn't happen first ride, or tenth ride. Take it back and ask them to put some more on, I'm sure they will do it, couple of quid to them and ten minutes. After that learn to do it yourself it's very satisfying.0
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It looks as if has been scraped against something or the bike has fallen over. Was it definitely not like that when you got the bike?0
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As above, that looks like damage, rather than wear. Either the bike has been upside down, or you are wearing chainmail gloves.0
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Thanks allForumNewbie wrote:It looks as if has been scraped against something or the bike has fallen over. Was it definitely not like that when you got the bike?
Was definitely not like that, tape was fine before the ride but over the course of it just started to wear down. The bike definitely wasn't upside down/leaning against anything that would have caused something like that0 -
wx71 wrote:Thanks allForumNewbie wrote:It looks as if has been scraped against something or the bike has fallen over. Was it definitely not like that when you got the bike?
Was definitely not like that, tape was fine before the ride but over the course of it just started to wear down. The bike definitely wasn't upside down/leaning against anything that would have caused something like that0 -
You could take it back, but it looks like the typical bog standard stuff they put on new bikes. Get some decent tape (I like Fizik, personally) and learn to put it on yourself.0
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Change your sandpaper gloves to ordinary onesFFS! Harden up and grow a pair0
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Is it a bike that could have been sat in a sunny shop window for a long time before you bought it? Looks like the bar tape's breaking down, which definitely shouldn't be happening on a new bike. The retailer should rewrap the bars for you.
Also well worth learning to do it yourself; you'll need to do it periodically anyway due to wear and tear, crashes, having to replace cables etc. Very satisfying when you get it spot-on.0 -
What the hell has gone on on the left there?
Must be a defective roll or something. Never seen it happen.0 -
2 quid eBay Chinese cork tape also works perfectly well. I bought some while I was getting a position sorted so meant moving shifters and re wrapping a few times. Lasted a year until I could finally put the fizik stuff on, by which time I wanted to change the colour.0