Brooks Leather Bar Tape
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Equipment Details
Manufacturer: BrooksBrand: Brooks
Product features:
- bar tape is made of natural leather to make it the perfect complement to your BROOKS saddle
- 2 strips of light, perforated leather bar tape
- 2 natural cork and wood bar end plugs
- 2 adhesive cloth strips
- Stella Azzurra Techno Spugna Road Bicycle Handlebar Tape - Minimum Density/Extra Soft
- Fizik Bar Gel Perforated Microtex with Four Pieces (Black)
Sports reviews of Brooks Leather Bar Tape
Customer Review: Classy, Classic, Comfortable
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I have these on two of my bikes in the "honey" color. They've worn well and as good leather products should have only gotten better with age. Much like leather wrapped steering wheels they are very comfortable and easy to grip - not at all slippery like I had feared.
The set on my daily rider was put on in 2007 and shows no signs of wearing out any time soon. After thousands upon thousands of miles they have more than paid for themselves while taking on a nice patina.
Together with my matching honey Brooks Professional saddles and D-Shaped Bag it makes a very striking combo and I commonly get compliments. It looks very retro in a classy/classic way.
To care for these I put on a little proofide two or three times a year, otherwise the parts of the leather I never touch starts to show visible cracking/drying. I feared this would cause them to become slippery but if I leave them for a day after wiping the excess off they are good as new.
They are very forgiving during installation and I was even able to remove and re-wrap them multiple times. I've done this three times, twice during the initial install then once about six months after initially putting them on because they started to slip out of place - after that I figured out the trick of wrapping them very tight with plenty of overlap and they haven't moved since.
The only real problem I've had, and it's an annoying one, is that on both sets the cork plugs broke. Specifically the wood cap separated from the cork on three of the four plugs. Where I live it is very dry (New Mexico) so it could be that the cork simply dried out, that's my theory at least. Luckily they didn't fall off mid-ride but instead while being stored so I didn't lose the caps. To fix this I used a bit of wood glue and they've all stayed in place since.
If you're looking to bling out your bike with something that will also add comfort while not breaking the bank I highly recommend this tape.
Description of Brooks Leather Bar Tape
Brooks Leather handlebar tape is natural leather and includes bar tape, cork end plug and finishing tape.Grips
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