"Berang" (berang)
07/10/2018 at 23:34 • Filed to: None
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"Berang" (berang)
07/10/2018 at 23:34 • Filed to: None | 1
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I honestly can’t think of a downside. Seems much better than using a steering wheel cover in my mind.
Deac65
> Berang
07/10/2018 at 23:45 |
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Just make sure you evenly space the non color matching zip ties!
My citroen won't start
> Berang
07/10/2018 at 23:53 |
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Isn’t that just basically Tennis OverGrip Tape?
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> Berang
07/10/2018 at 23:55 |
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There would be the seem/s where you’d have a zip tie or electrical tape
Out, but with a W - has found the answer
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
07/11/2018 at 00:05 |
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That’s your straight ahead marker, if you do it right!
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Out, but with a W - has found the answer
> Berang
07/11/2018 at 00:07 |
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It works ( best) in one direction (along the ‘scales’), so it’ll start to deteriorate/loosen quickly.
Nom De Plume
> Berang
07/11/2018 at 00:11 |
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How good are your leather skills. You would want to lace it and synthetic handlebar tape would tear. At which point you should just buy a drilled leather DIY steering wheel cover kit with everything you would need
Wagon Guy drives a Boostang
> Berang
07/11/2018 at 00:12 |
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It would be cheaper than a good steering wheel cover, and better than one of the cheap ones.
No substitute for a real leather cover though...
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Berang
> Out, but with a W - has found the answer
07/11/2018 at 00:32 |
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I think it’d be pretty hard wearing on the steering wheel I need to cover:
On a modern, soft wheel, it would unravel quickly.
tromoly
> My citroen won't start
07/11/2018 at 00:36 |
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Pretty different, has a different profile for more cushioning than tennis tape, is typically cork though Brooks and others have leather options
, plus it comes in much longer lengths so you can wrap
your bars with one package instead of like four or six as you’d need with tennis tape.
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Out, but with a W - has found the answer
> Berang
07/11/2018 at 02:57 |
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It’s not really about what’s underneath, but rather that you’re applying force against the grain.
It’ll work, but you'll have to replace it somewhat regularly. (Anyway, bar tape is cheap, so why not?)
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> Berang
07/11/2018 at 06:07 |
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SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> Berang
07/11/2018 at 06:22 |
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The only potential downside is the length of the tape involved . Most premium bar tapes are only long enough to do one side each of a handle bar and this would barely be enough to do half a steering wheel. Any wheel with thick spokes would also be tricky to work with.
I have done it before using leather string...sort of thing you use to stitch leather. Many moons ago we also did a mate’s car (an ol d Beetle I think) with hemp string and shellac but waxed string could also work nicely in this situation...
Dave the car guy , still here
> Berang
07/11/2018 at 08:03 |
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They used to make a cotton bar tape with adhesive on the back. Not sure if its still in existence but it wouldn’t un ravel or try to curl as quickly. It was popular with velodrome racers.
GLiddy
> Berang
07/11/2018 at 09:40 |
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Showing my age here... Back in the 70s, I’d run down to Kmart and buy a fake leather steering wheel wrap for when the plastic wheel started deteriorating.
Rock Bottom
> Berang
07/11/2018 at 14:22 |
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I did it once with some butt-ugly Cinelli tape I had laying around , but the wheel wouldn’t slide through my hand “against the grain”. I took it off in less than a week and never looked back.
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Berang
> Dave the car guy , still here
07/11/2018 at 15:40 |
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There’s a sort of foam rubber wrap that is self adhesive - but I think I’d probably go with some of
the old-style vinyl wrap.