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That tape is also branded under wolftooth too.

@@mellissanash7517 it is ?? Hmm 🤔 it seemed very similar , I have ESI on my fixie , but on my gravel bike the wolf tooth. It gets so disgustingly slimy with bar hands and sweat that I hate it now.

huge fan of this tape

This bar tape actually sucks. Don’t get it. (price keeps going up damn it). ...Please man hush!

Zipp Service Course is comfortable and grippy but durability is absolutely terrible, it has worn down and has little tears in it after only a few hundred km. It's much worse than Lizard Skins, and Lizard Skins is itself pretty bad for durability. I will probably have to replace it soon enough, and won't be replacing with the same again. I have got literally tens of thousands of km and years out of Fizik tape, I don't expect that from every tape but I'd expect more than a few weeks.

@@blorg8206 I've got over 10k km on Service Course CX on one of my bikes, and all the rest are still on their first set. Don't hold on like you're gonna wreck all the time 🤣

Ermagherd so close!

Yo! I was waiting to finish this vide before jumping into comments :D Short answer: flared bar widths are measured at the hoods. Some brands have started giving a second width at the flare. So the Curve Walmers I had were 55cm at the hoods, 70mm at the flare. THICC

@@JustRideAdelaide Ok cheers. I might get 44cm yet but im pretty comfortable 42cm and I dont plan on hitting technical trails... yet. I usually can help myself even on road bike hahah

I love the flare. Even on my roadie I miss my gravel bars now

Hi Kurtis, I've got the Zipp XPLR SL 70 bars. I had the Pro Discover Medium Flare bars in 42 previously, which measured 42 cm hood to hood (as in literally the distance between the centers of the brakehoods when properly installed). I then wanted to try slightly narrower bars (felt like a tripod) and settled on the XPLR bars in the claimed 40 cm size. Ended up measuring 38 cm hood to hood (confirmed by my bike fitter). Apparently different manufacturers measure bar sizes differently. Just another data point for your consideration. To be honest, I love the XPLR bars right now, even with the smaller than expected width. But then again, I've got quite narrow shoulders, and I ride most of the time on road. Might be a good idea to measure the bar in the shop and compare against the measurements for your current bar, or buy from an online vendor with a good returns policy.

@@phoebetan7519 wow thanks for the info. With flaring the shifters out the hoods then pivot inwards slightly which I was going to ask if that makes the hand position narrower which from what you said might have made that difference. But yea i wanted them slighter wider so I think 44cm will be right for me 👍Lucky I didn't impulse buy haha.

Thanks mate! And nope, technically I should be putting the coat away because we're weeks into Spring. Instead some asshole arctic blast has rolled in for a final slap of winter. Not stoked.

I hate when that happens you get so excited for the nice weather coming then another cold snap just be patient bro it’ll be nice soon .

I'll be complaining about 40°c days in no time 😬

@@JustRideAdelaide Hah hah... all we got here today in Brizzie is a little more wind than usual. :)

seconded. best tape for gravel I know, not too thick, not too thin, perfect vibration damping, superb grip, easy to install; not cheap but worth every penny to me.

Soooo did you find a potential winner here?

@@JustRideAdelaide The Ciclovation and Tasis tapes look very very interesting, especially since I hate gloves. But I'll probably start off with fresh rolls of my beloved Fabric Knurl bartapes as a control and switch between that and the Ciclovation tapes as an experiment. Shouldn't be an issue with rewrapping due to the gel backing. I lead a boring life and I need stimulation. :) (BTW the Pro Gravel Comfort tape looks like an interesting substitute as well. What can I say? I'm a sucker for Shimano stuff...)

I thought about the Lizard Skins. I had some a couple of years ago and I found it absorbed every spec of dirt and looked terrible in a few rides. And y'know... aesthetics are just the absolutely most important thing in the world obviously! Ahhh but my bike did look briefly glorious with its glowing orange tape.

Hey mate, the tape is still going well. A little bit of wear on the tape where the heel of your hand rests when you're holding the hoods. Still plush and comfy.

Good question

Usually whatever the tape comes with goes on the bar. I have bought a roll of 3M tape for when the bar tape outlasts the finishing tape. I just dug through me emails and apparently it's called "3M Premier Grade Black Electrical Tape"

@@JustRideAdelaide Where did you get that from? I couldn't find it in Bunnings here in Brisbane. All I can find is Nitto branded tape. Been using that for a while, but it isn't really elastic enough and keeps pulling away. I'll probably try reverse wrapping next.

@@phoebetan7519 Just eBay. I couldn't find it in stores either so I went online for it.

I heard they don’t last very long but maybe you had a better experience?

I really nailed it perfectly... by taking it to a mechanic 🙌

@@JustRideAdelaide The wrap on the bend looks tricky to follow 😂

Haven't used that one yet dude! I need a second set of hands to wear these things all out.

@@JustRideAdelaide Its not cheap but appears to last. The wife has fizik terra microtex bondcrush tacky (WTF for a name!) and she is liking it

@@davidrae8475 Italian brands come up with some absolute gems ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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