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Any ideas on how to stop your handlebars getting scraped to buggery from having a map board attached??


 
Posted : 13/01/2010 10:22 am
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Insulation/ masking tape wrapped around them at the contact points maybe?
Or even rubber inside the clamps.


 
Posted : 13/01/2010 10:29 am
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That could be ok, but would the tape itself not damage the bars taking it on and off?...


 
Posted : 13/01/2010 12:32 pm
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What are your bars made of cheese? Take the tape off - wipe clean

Alternatively use some of those little rubber bumper things used on cabinet doors, etc


 
Posted : 13/01/2010 12:35 pm
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lol fair enough, just building up new bike and getting paranoid...


 
Posted : 13/01/2010 12:36 pm
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I've used electrical tape and heli-tape. No it doesn't damage the bars taking it on and off - but why not just leave it there as I do?


 
Posted : 13/01/2010 12:38 pm
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Cut a piece of inner tube the to the circumference of the bar and place inside the clamp. I use that method on a rear mudguard.


 
Posted : 13/01/2010 12:43 pm
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where can you pick up heli-tape from that is not online?


 
Posted : 13/01/2010 12:46 pm
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where can you pick up heli-tape from that is not online?

your local helicopter spares store.
HTH ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 13/01/2010 12:47 pm
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If you care that much about the bike, are you not too cool for a map board anyway?


 
Posted : 13/01/2010 12:51 pm
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TooTall - I take part in a lot of trailquests, my last atlas bars got battered through map board usage, dont want the same to happpen straight away this time!


 
Posted : 13/01/2010 12:54 pm