Your LBS has the solution -- new handlebar tape ... particularly if the current tape has been on your bike for more than a year.hod65 said:anyone sugestions on cleaning bar tape have white bar tape which came with the bike its gone very dirty of late tried a few detergents with water getting nowhere ....?
only on 6 weeks but impossible to keep white clean will get darker stuffalfeng said:Your LBS has the solution -- new handlebar tape ... particularly if the current tape has been on your bike for more than a year.
Okay. You actually CAN clean it, but you have to be as cheap as I normally am to endeavor to do so ...hod65 said:only on 6 weeks but impossible to keep white clean will get darker stuff
thanks wil give it atry as the bike is black with white lettering the white bar tape looks prety good growing to like it ....alfeng said:Okay. You actually CAN clean it, but you have to be as cheap as I normally am to endeavor to do so ...
Initially, you can try using liquid laundry detergent on the tape ... put the detergent directly on the handlebar tape ... lather it up with a wet sponge ... rinse & repeat. This could require much more time than you will find it is worth taking ...
You may have ZERO success OR find that it isn't that big a deal to spend the time to clean the tape.
BTW. Handlebar tape which is NOT porous is still available, so if you are inclined toward white handlebar tape, then THAT is what you should be on the look out for.
found a section on the web about cleaning tape they use dish washer powder mixed in dish of warm water ......bicyclerubber said:Lizardskins DSP tape is the only tape I've ever owned that actually 'survives' washing
bicyclerubber said:Lizardskins DSP tape is the only tape I've ever owned that actually 'survives' washing
bianchi10 said:how is the durability on those? I love how they look, love how they feel, but am reluctant to spending $35 for bar tape if they will only last me 5 to 6 months. I have seen and heard mixed reviews, but mostly bad reviews on the durability.
alienator said:My black bar tape is still black without any effort at cleaning.
bianchi10 said:wow no way! congrats....how were you able to obtain such a color for such a long period of time?!
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