@grepp.cc is known for making that very good adhesive free cloth tape that you can toss in the wash to make it brand spanky new BUT I instead thought hey let’s find out how long it can last with no cleaning?? How gross can it get and still be usable??
This week passed 14,000 miles / 22350 km on my tape (also just crossed 40,000 miles on the @omnium, maybe they’ll follow me back when I hit 50k 🤔) and it’s still hanging in there pretty well. The black fade to brown is beautiful. The body grime and grease polished in there is SO choice. Even this worn in it’s still as comfortable and grippy as it was on day 1 when installed at @twobikesknoxville. It’s become so personalized that I’m honestly having problems deciding when to swap it out and what to try next!
If anyone out there has suggestions on what tape I should test next, drop your tips down below. I’d love to see if anything else can hang on during the rigors of my kinda touring like Grepp has over the last 257 days. Also hat tip to @gevenalle for these shifters STILL going with ZERO problems.
