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.....fit brown bar tape on your bike.

Just no.
Firstly, it's brown.
Secondly, it's plastic trying to look like leather (which is an awful material for bar tape), so it looks cheap.

So that's a no.


 
Posted : 05/10/2016 5:21 pm
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good to know. What are your feelings on multi-coloured?


 
Posted : 05/10/2016 5:23 pm
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Fine with camo, cheap spangly, half and half.

Pretty chilled about the whole bartape/colour thing, generally.
Knock yerself out.

But no brown.


 
Posted : 05/10/2016 5:28 pm
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what about half brown, half tan ?


 
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What if it was manufactured in the UK?


 
Posted : 05/10/2016 5:30 pm
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I thought this was going to be about rimming.

Disappointed.

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Posted : 05/10/2016 5:31 pm
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I don't care if it's hand woven by Nelson Mandela from Felicity Kendal's old vests.

It's the worst kind of faux retro affectation.
I had no idea that this nonsense had spread as far north as Burnley.

Personally, I blame Pinterest.


 
Posted : 05/10/2016 5:34 pm
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A bit confused here - perhaps you could clarify: there are populated places south of Burnley?


 
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Sorry, I must have misunderstood. I thought brown things from this country were OK, but we wanted to keep brown things made in other countries out.
As you were.


 
Posted : 05/10/2016 5:40 pm
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On the right bike it looks fine, you obviously have no taste and probably like instant coffee, that foul lager stuff and cycle in clothes made from awfully common synthetic fibres... I bet you house is floored with linoleum as well. Ghastly oik ๐Ÿ™‚


 
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No brown?

You're OK with pink, I assume.


 
Posted : 05/10/2016 6:09 pm
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There is no bike yet made that suits brown bar tape.
None.
It will always look better in anything else.

I have nothing against brown.
Or pink.
Context innit?

Brown bartape is wrong in the same way that blue custard is wrong.


 
Posted : 05/10/2016 6:33 pm
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On a related note, I have a colleague looking to find green hoods for Shimano DI2, to match green edged bar tape and green highlights on carbon Cube frame.....

Acceptable?


 
Posted : 05/10/2016 8:17 pm
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Bar tape. Surely only cloth is acceptable? Classier if 2 rolls used to create diamonds (ie braided).


 
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On a related note, I have a colleague looking to find green hoods for Shimano DI2, to match green edged bar tape and green highlights on carbon Cube frame.....

Acceptable?

There's a better way, [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-bwoys-is-it-so-wrong-bar-tape ]See here[/url]


 
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No brown?

You're OK with pink, I assume.

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Posted : 05/10/2016 8:25 pm
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'Fit brown bar tape' is definitely a euphemism for bum sex.

I [i]only[/i] fit brown bar tape.


 
Posted : 05/10/2016 8:26 pm
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I hope your boyfriend is not overly endowed.


 
Posted : 05/10/2016 8:31 pm
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They both are.


 
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So you wouldn't want to use brown electrical tape then?


 
Posted : 05/10/2016 8:37 pm
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ironically I saw a pale pink steel framed bike with brown tape and one of those modern shape brooks and it looked quite nice

sorry mattoab coloured hoods are vile


 
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I don't think the brown bar tape is the worst thing I've done wrong here ๐Ÿ˜†


 
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[quote=MikeG ]I don't think the brown bar tape is the worst thing I've done wrong here

Whataboutery


 
Posted : 05/10/2016 10:38 pm
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I don't think the brown bar tape is the worst thing I've done wrong here

Where to begin.....?

Junkyard - lazarus

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I do hope you're wearing gloves.
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No brown?

You're OK with pink, I assume.

Just choked on my Earl Grey!! ๐Ÿ˜†


 
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I don't think the brown bar tape is the worst thing I've done wrong here

Yep, lawn needs some serious work.


 
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No brown?
You're OK with pink, I assume.

And for those of you watching in black and white the brown is the one behind the pink


 
Posted : 06/10/2016 10:24 am
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ironically I saw a pale pink steel framed bike with brown tape and one of those modern shape brooks and it looked quite nice

No, it didn't.
Pink steel frame? Yup.
Brown tape? Was it owned by an American with an unhealthy Brideshead Revisited obsession?

Would you wear brown plastic shoes?
No, no you would not.

And as to brown Brooks saddles, that's wronger than white shorts.
It's a sign of moral turpitude, be warned.
And stay away from my daughters.


 
Posted : 06/10/2016 12:50 pm
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Er, DP.
Quite appropriate really.
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And for those of you watching in black and white the brown is the one behind the pink

Something about Steve Davies taking a long time to decide after his wife bent over.....


 
Posted : 06/10/2016 12:54 pm