Badass bike parts picture thread

Mankato_Pet_Cremation_LLC · May 23, 2018, 4:11am

Killjoy Level 1000: That is way too much money for bartape.

Timarchylime · May 23, 2018, 4:16am

I’d say too much, but not way too much.
Honestly, I’d be into it if they’d just tone down the colors a bit.

russ · May 23, 2018, 4:35am

[quote=TimArchyLime]
Honestly, I’d be into it if it was less fun.[/quote]

Andrew_Andeson · May 23, 2018, 5:14am

looks like some deadhead fractal tie dye to me. I love it

Andrew_Andeson · May 23, 2018, 5:29am

Man that site is something. From wtf all the way to dmt. Ill say, cinelli splash or caleido no longer seems wild. I think they reformatted my brain.

igor · May 23, 2018, 1:56pm

There are sooo many options of handlebar tape. How can they sustain so many options of weird handlebar tape?? Who is buying all this weird handlebar tape?

Tail_Hook_Lengthener · May 23, 2018, 2:18pm

Tarck?

Rusty_Piton · May 23, 2018, 2:38pm

I don’t get this woven bar tape? Does it not suck to touch? Because it looks like i would suck to touch.

iwillbe · May 23, 2018, 2:49pm

If the stuff on that website is the same as the Serfas tape, it feels fine. Like outdoor furniture cushion fabric. Wears in pretty well, I’ve got a thousand or so miles on some of it, fabric outer feels softer, cushion layer isn’t significantly compacted, adhesive is holding strong.

rabbi · May 23, 2018, 2:56pm

I’m gonna southwest the shit out of my bikes.

Todd · May 23, 2018, 3:28pm

Shortpants · May 23, 2018, 5:14pm

This is what I was wondering. They have literally hundreds of designs. How the fuck is that sustainable to produce and stock?

NOVELTYNAME · May 23, 2018, 5:23pm

printed on demand? maybe they have the means of manufacturing?

turpencat · May 24, 2018, 1:36am

they are based in thailand so I am guessing they just print an amount of each style whenever they want.
it’s 155 skus which isn’t insane. The markup is crazy though since they are their own distro so they can probably swing whatever

Tail_Hook_Lengthener · May 24, 2018, 1:53am

Kinda appropriate…?
https://bikerumor.com/2018/05/23/shimano-factory-tour-this-is-why-theyre-masters-of-the-metal/

russ · May 24, 2018, 2:08am

a lot of those bartapes are yarn-dyed
idk, bartape doesn’t take up that much space, seems plausible to me

NOVELTYNAME · May 24, 2018, 4:24am

[quote=Tail Hook Lengthener]Kinda appropriate…?
https://bikerumor.com/2018/05/23/shimano-factory-tour-this-is-why-theyre-masters-of-the-metal/[/quote]
Badass

Rusty_Piton · May 25, 2018, 1:47pm

atmo

asterisk · May 25, 2018, 2:27pm

That’s gotta be on the ‘it’ll sell tens!’ list.

imoscardotcom · May 25, 2018, 2:53pm

[quote=NOVELTYNAME][quote=Tail Hook Lengthener]Kinda appropriate…?
https://bikerumor.com/2018/05/23/shimano-factory-tour-this-is-why-theyre-masters-of-the-metal/[/quote]
Badass[/quote]

turbo badass