Puffy Bar Tape.

Michael Press said:

This is the story of Puffy Bar Tape. One day I had a
brand new bicycle and on this brand new bicycle was
pretty blue Puffy Bar Tape. One hot day I took out the
bicycle and left without my gloves. Oh, well, not
important. That is until I was sweating and my hands
were sliding all over Puffy Bar Tape, limiting my hand
positions and forcing me to use far too much muscle to
grip. I decided that Puffy Bar Tape had to go, and
purchased Velox cloth tape, a product I knew can
maintain a grip under stress, and costs one-fifth the
price. With a tear in my eye, I waved good-bye to Puffy
Bar Tape, waved frantically as Puffy Bar Tape remained
glued to my fingers, then watched Puffy Bar Tape
disappear into the waste bin. On the first ride without
Puffy Bar Tape I tootled merrily along my way. Then
realized, "My hands are not tingling." Yes, it was
always the case that thirty-five minutes into a ride
with Puffy Bar Tape at a particular bend on a
particular climb my hands would feel all tingly and
pins-and-needles, and I would be shifting my hands from
grip to grip as if I were trying to work with a hot
sauce pan. But now it was "Hands tingling? Nope, not
yet." and all the way home it was plain riding with
comfy hands. Good-bye Puffy Bar Tape, we hardly knew ya.

If Michael Press reads that, he'll probably criticize your use of
capitalization; otherwise, good stuff! <eg>

In article <[email hidden]>,

Bill Sornson said:

Michael Press said:

This is the story of Puffy Bar Tape. One day I had a
brand new bicycle and on this brand new bicycle was
pretty blue Puffy Bar Tape. One hot day I took out the
bicycle and left without my gloves. Oh, well, not
important. That is until I was sweating and my hands
were sliding all over Puffy Bar Tape, limiting my hand
positions and forcing me to use far too much muscle to
grip. I decided that Puffy Bar Tape had to go, and
purchased Velox cloth tape, a product I knew can
maintain a grip under stress, and costs one-fifth the
price. With a tear in my eye, I waved good-bye to Puffy
Bar Tape, waved frantically as Puffy Bar Tape remained
glued to my fingers, then watched Puffy Bar Tape
disappear into the waste bin. On the first ride without
Puffy Bar Tape I tootled merrily along my way. Then
realized, "My hands are not tingling." Yes, it was
always the case that thirty-five minutes into a ride
with Puffy Bar Tape at a particular bend on a
particular climb my hands would feel all tingly and
pins-and-needles, and I would be shifting my hands from
grip to grip as if I were trying to work with a hot
sauce pan. But now it was "Hands tingling? Nope, not
yet." and all the way home it was plain riding with
comfy hands. Good-bye Puffy Bar Tape, we hardly knew ya.

If Michael Press reads that, he'll probably criticize your use of
capitalization; otherwise, good stuff! <eg>

Interesting, but quite the opposite of my experience. I don't ride much
without gloves, but when I have, I've had no problems with whatever
pseudo-cork puffy (but not gel-infused) tape I've had. I think I've put
on Cinelli, Serfas, BBB, and MEC's house brand on various bikes.

However, I decided one day that my cyclocross bike would look nice with
cloth tape, and besides, it was really cheap.

The tape transmitted so much more road shock that it hurt my hands, and
I swapped it for a nice roll of pseudo-cork tape within the week.

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Bill Sornson said:

Michael Press said:

This is the story of Puffy Bar Tape. One day I had a
brand new bicycle and on this brand new bicycle was
pretty blue Puffy Bar Tape. One hot day I took out the
bicycle and left without my gloves. Oh, well, not
important. That is until I was sweating and my hands
were sliding all over Puffy Bar Tape, limiting my hand
positions and forcing me to use far too much muscle to
grip. I decided that Puffy Bar Tape had to go, and
purchased Velox cloth tape, a product I knew can
maintain a grip under stress, and costs one-fifth the
price. With a tear in my eye, I waved good-bye to Puffy
Bar Tape, waved frantically as Puffy Bar Tape remained
glued to my fingers, then watched Puffy Bar Tape
disappear into the waste bin. On the first ride without
Puffy Bar Tape I tootled merrily along my way. Then
realized, "My hands are not tingling." Yes, it was
always the case that thirty-five minutes into a ride
with Puffy Bar Tape at a particular bend on a
particular climb my hands would feel all tingly and
pins-and-needles, and I would be shifting my hands from
grip to grip as if I were trying to work with a hot
sauce pan. But now it was "Hands tingling? Nope, not
yet." and all the way home it was plain riding with
comfy hands. Good-bye Puffy Bar Tape, we hardly knew ya.

If Michael Press reads that, he'll probably criticize your use of
capitalization; otherwise, good stuff! <eg>

HAR!

I also want to know where he's buying cloth tape for a fifth of the
price of cork. A third, maybe. But a fifth? That's some damned
expensive puffytape.

Hank Wirtz said:

Bill Sornson said:

Michael Press said:

This is the story of Puffy Bar Tape. One day I had a
brand new bicycle and on this brand new bicycle was
pretty blue Puffy Bar Tape. One hot day I took out the
bicycle and left without my gloves. Oh, well, not
important. That is until I was sweating and my hands
were sliding all over Puffy Bar Tape, limiting my hand
positions and forcing me to use far too much muscle to
grip. I decided that Puffy Bar Tape had to go, and
purchased Velox cloth tape, a product I knew can
maintain a grip under stress, and costs one-fifth the
price. With a tear in my eye, I waved good-bye to Puffy
Bar Tape, waved frantically as Puffy Bar Tape remained
glued to my fingers, then watched Puffy Bar Tape
disappear into the waste bin. On the first ride without
Puffy Bar Tape I tootled merrily along my way. Then
realized, "My hands are not tingling." Yes, it was
always the case that thirty-five minutes into a ride
with Puffy Bar Tape at a particular bend on a
particular climb my hands would feel all tingly and
pins-and-needles, and I would be shifting my hands from
grip to grip as if I were trying to work with a hot
sauce pan. But now it was "Hands tingling? Nope, not
yet." and all the way home it was plain riding with
comfy hands. Good-bye Puffy Bar Tape, we hardly knew ya.

Quoted message said:

If Michael Press reads that, he'll probably criticize your use of
capitalization; otherwise, good stuff! <eg>

HAR!

I also want to know where he's buying cloth tape for a fifth of the
price of cork. A third, maybe. But a fifth? That's some damned
expensive puffytape

Try here:

http://tinyurl.com/yroapb

or:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/yroapb

Lesson: don't buy your cloth tape from Hobbits; however cute and
friendly they seem, they tend toward greed.

Ozark Bicycle said:

Hank Wirtz said:

On May 30, 9:12 pm, "Bill Sornson" <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Michael Press wrote:
> This is the story of Puffy Bar Tape. One day I had a
> brand new bicycle and on this brand new bicycle was
> pretty blue Puffy Bar Tape. One hot day I took out the
> bicycle and left without my gloves. Oh, well, not
> important. That is until I was sweating and my hands
> were sliding all over Puffy Bar Tape, limiting my hand
> positions and forcing me to use far too much muscle to
> grip. I decided that Puffy Bar Tape had to go, and
> purchased Velox cloth tape, a product I knew can
> maintain a grip under stress, and costs one-fifth the
> price. With a tear in my eye, I waved good-bye to Puffy
> Bar Tape, waved frantically as Puffy Bar Tape remained
> glued to my fingers, then watched Puffy Bar Tape
> disappear into the waste bin. On the first ride without
> Puffy Bar Tape I tootled merrily along my way. Then
> realized, "My hands are not tingling." Yes, it was
> always the case that thirty-five minutes into a ride
> with Puffy Bar Tape at a particular bend on a
> particular climb my hands would feel all tingly and
> pins-and-needles, and I would be shifting my hands from
> grip to grip as if I were trying to work with a hot
> sauce pan. But now it was "Hands tingling? Nope, not
> yet." and all the way home it was plain riding with
> comfy hands. Good-bye Puffy Bar Tape, we hardly knew ya.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

If Michael Press reads that, he'll probably criticize your use of
capitalization; otherwise, good stuff! <eg>

Quoted message said:

HAR!

Quoted message said:

I also want to know where he's buying cloth tape for a fifth of the
price of cork. A third, maybe. But a fifth? That's some damned
expensive puffytape

Try here:

http://tinyurl.com/yroapb

or:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/yroapb

Lesson: don't buy your cloth tape from Hobbits; however cute and
friendly they seem, they tend toward greed.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I'll Grant you that.

Michael Press said:

This is the story of Puffy Bar Tape. One day I had a
brand new bicycle and on this brand new bicycle was
pretty blue Puffy Bar Tape. One hot day I took out the
bicycle and left without my gloves. Oh, well, not
important. That is until I was sweating and my hands
were sliding all over Puffy Bar Tape, limiting my hand
positions and forcing me to use far too much muscle to
grip. I decided that Puffy Bar Tape had to go, and
purchased Velox cloth tape, a product I knew can
maintain a grip under stress, and costs one-fifth the
price. With a tear in my eye, I waved good-bye to Puffy
Bar Tape, waved frantically as Puffy Bar Tape remained
glued to my fingers, then watched Puffy Bar Tape
disappear into the waste bin. On the first ride without
Puffy Bar Tape I tootled merrily along my way. Then
realized, "My hands are not tingling." Yes, it was
always the case that thirty-five minutes into a ride
with Puffy Bar Tape at a particular bend on a
particular climb my hands would feel all tingly and
pins-and-needles, and I would be shifting my hands from
grip to grip as if I were trying to work with a hot
sauce pan. But now it was "Hands tingling? Nope, not
yet." and all the way home it was plain riding with
comfy hands. Good-bye Puffy Bar Tape, we hardly knew ya.

Profile makes good bar tape. The regular stuff is perfect, just enough cushion
to do the job, pretty much what the Cinelli cork would become if it evolved
more. They also make stuff with words like "gel" in big letters on the package.
That stuff is way too mushy and forces you to grip to have control.

The regular cheap Profile, $8 - 10 depending on where you shop is the way to go.

Ron