Brooks leather bar tape: anyone tried it?

hamster · Dec 4, 2009

I was wondering if anyone had tried Brooks leather bar tape?

It looks nice, but I wonder about how it deals with water / rain and whether it needs something shock absorbent underneath like Marsas. I'll be using it on my audax machine so it's for a bit more than whooshing a fixie out from Hackney for a latte...

njgoldby · Dec 10, 2009

I wanted to know this as well. Have heard its lasts well but not sure about in the wet.

kaiser · Dec 10, 2009

I remembered this review.

http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/bike-revie ... /2228.html

The writer knows his stuff too.

hamster · Dec 11, 2009

Thanks for that!

njgoldby · Dec 11, 2009

Yes thank you from me to. I was already decided but needed reassuring.

SpeedyChix · Dec 12, 2009

This bar wrap is MUCH better than the Brooks leather wrap:
http://handlebra.com/

It is hand made and he does more of a waterproof version now.
He was at NAHBS last year and will be again this year.

Think he'll post out of country as well.

Good stuff. Legit product. Lasts and lasts.

hamster · Dec 14, 2009

So it ought to be at over twice the price when shipped to the UK :shock:

SpeedyChix · Dec 14, 2009

Humm, yeah the conversion on the dollar vs Brooks likely being less expensive in the UK could do that. Brooks tape is $$$ in the US, so the Handlbra is a vastly better product and 'value' In any case, leather bar wrap is $$

lae · Dec 16, 2009

I have brooks tape on my raleigh which is soon going to be transferred to my coventry eagle.

A good thing about it is that it can be re-wrapped loads of times.

donpedro · Jan 17, 2010

Do It Like They Used To!

It can be quite slippery when wet and you don't want that bike falling over...!
IMHO shellac on cotton bar wrap give you much better grip, is better looking with a deep honey lustre, last longer if you reapplied regularly and can be very cheep if you know where to shop! It's also good fun to do:
http://info.velo-orange.com/ShellacBarGuide.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9vYMjRNjrk
http://www.youtube.com/user/rivbike#p/u/1/UiPcpnylK-4
M'kay!

Brooks leather bar tape: anyone tried it?

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