Recent content by Gandromedus

That looks really smart, I thought the Benotto tape was sort of metallic/pearlescent... back to Google, it may be a good job I didn't have time to checkout my basketful of cloth tape at lunch time :smile:

Ah, yes, I've found it available from a few places online, thanks. I really wasn't expecting to find something so cheap! I'll pick up a few rolls :)

The number of wheels would concern me more than the state of the bar tape :wink: So, does anyone know where I can get some cloth tape for 35p these days? Actually out of interest I googled the inflation and the equivalent today would be about £3, I think I could stretch to that. So I'm...

Thanks for all the input guys. White is the winner, now I just have to find some... and preferably thin and shiny not thick and foamy!

I hadn't considered that, I think red could be good. I personally don't particularly like yellow but I see what you mean about a contrasting colour. I think the choice is between red and white for me at the moment... As you say though cycletothesea it is relatively cheap and easy to change.

Ah, brilliant, that's a lovely looking bike. It really helps to envision what the finished article might look like, thanks. I had thought that gumwall tyres might be better but I haven't found any in the narrower size. Does the fizik tape stay reasonably clean?

I know this has been discussed before but I wondered if anyone had any opinions on my colour scheme for my 1974 REW Reynolds rebuild. Frame is a metallic emerald green with white head tube, and seat tube stripes. All components are nice shiny alloy apart from black saddle. I'm planning to put...

I give mine a quick polish with mer car polish whenever I'm tinkering in the garage...