Does anyone know of any Helli tape that doesn't require heating before applying? As I don't have a hair dryer and the only helli tape I've found requires heating with one.
I need it because I've got a Mud Hugger and after taking it off last March I think it is time to put it back on. It requires helli tape around the chain stay which is the trickiest part of the installation.
Another problem I had last year with it was when I took the helitape off at the end of the muddy season in late March it ripped all the paint of the chainstay
If Im honest I would suggest doing what I did and just buying a nasty cheap hair-dryer from ASDA or whatever, or online dependant upon the time window you have.
Think the little travel dryer I bought was £6 from memory at ASDA at the time.
Another problem I had last year with it was when I took the helitape off at the end of the muddy season in late March it ripped all the paint of the chainstay
Leave it on? Surely a mudhugger is something you might want to fit anytime of year?
Don't remove the tape is plan A.
Other than that inner tube strips where you mount the mudhugger would be a sensible alternative. You could also just get the tape somewhere really warm.
The heating part is what makes it flexible enough to get around places, when it cools it's tougher to prevent damage. You don't get one without the other
electrical insulation tape.
The colour doesn't matter... no-one actually cares. We may think sometimes they do... but they don't.
All my bikes are heli-taped (sort of ) with black electrical tape 🙂
Hellictrical tape?
Tape goes on once i work out the wear points (one ride), comes off when a) it's worn out/knackered or b) the frame gets sold or c) if i change the spec (new hose/cable routing for instance).
None of the ones i've bought require a hairdrier.
But i do the taping indoors, and usually leave the tape on a radiator if i'm doing fiddly bits.
I took it off because cleaning the mudhugger became a chore, also the added 200g extra weight of it and also the bike looks horrible as it is (paintwork is terrible) looks even worse with a mudhugger!
I had Front mudguards only from late March until now although there were occasions where the rear mudhugger would have come in use but I think the majority of the time only the front mudguards were that essential.
they meant leave the tape on but remove the mudhugger.
The 3m stuff Invisiframe use doesn't need heating.
also the added 200g extra weight of it
Really ? You're going with that ?
weeksy - Member
electrical insulation tape.
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leave it on a radiator for 20 mins and then fit, it's only to soften the glue slightly and give you better adhesion and ability to mould to shapes
Hell, just do it indoors, that should be enough...
Goes with any self adhesive work this time of year, a warm frame and a little heat always helps
All Mountain Style Frame guards are decent! Precut seems to stick well without heating (it does help though!) But quite pricey! the only one i needed to give the hairdryer treatment was the downtube protection cos i could not get it straight.
Have look at silcone tape (self amalgamating tape) in B&Q etc (it's usually with plumbing or electrical stuff). Just wrap it round the frame and it sticks to itself but not the frame, great for chainstay protectors etc.
Gorilla Clear Repair Tape would be good for putting at ziptie points.
About £8 a roll, enough to do a full frame/fork and selected bits on another.
I bought some 3M heli tape from Viking Tapes. I didn't find I needed to heat it up. It was much easier than I expected. Used the floating on technique, with some careful squeegying.
or go for self amalgamating tape. Doesnt stick to the frame, only sticks to itself?
