what color bar tape?

[TmcDet]

My Fierte needs some new bar tape and I would like to use some color other than black. The decals are outlined in Ti, the seat is stitched with a color that is real close to the Ti color on the decals so I was thinking the same color bar tape would tie in nicely. I am actually having trouble finding that color bar tape, about the closest I have seen is the Cinelli grey, just not sure if the grey will work. I could possibly go with a black, grey splash or a black, yellow splash, or I could always go back with black.

[Climb01742]

heck, try yellow. i pretty much stuck to black, but then on my motorola mx leader, i went old school and matched the team-issue red tape, and now i love the splash of color. i bet bbdave could hook you up with some neat yellow tape! :banana:

[terry]

try stella azzura's eleganza in yellow/black. the stripes will look great.

[Jeff N.]

Heres a little trick you might wanna try: Get black Cinelli, and Yellow Cinelli, cork tape. Now tape the bars below the brake handles yellow, and above the handles with the black! Or vice-versa.I've seen it done two tone like this and it looks kinda cool...different. Jeff N.

[BarryG]

The Silva medium blue cork tape would look beautiful on your bike. Blue and yellow are naturally complementary. You need another color in there besides yellow and shades of gray/black.

Barry

[Ahneida Ride]

Bar tape (http://www.framebuilding.com/silva_tape.htm)

Check em out. The blue is an option. Blue fork also ?

[Keith A]

After a quick Yahoo search, I found the Cinelli cork tape in gray...

http://www.branfordbike.com/images/bar_stem/corksol3.jpg

But I think the Yellow & Black "splash" tape would look nice (Cinelli & Profile make this color combination)....

http://www.coloradocyclist.com/images/products/thumb/cinljsplashe03.jpg

And as Terry said, you might want to check out the STELLA AZZURRA Eleganza Tape in yellow & black...

http://www.coloradocyclist.com/images/products/thumb/dxxlj2c04.jpg

[TmcDet]

I have a friend that uses this tape and I wanted to try it but they didn't have the grey or silver....I think I will run by the local shop and see what I think of blue with my bike (I do like yellow and blue together)....would I be getting too close to the bee look with the yellow and black?...hmmm what would the black and blue stripe look like?

[shinomaster]

I noticed that the colorado cyclist had some tape under their douglas brand that looks just like the Stella tape? Is it the same?? anyone know?

[oracle]

who is douglas anyway? i am seriously considering the purchase of that blue AL bike in a 56 with DA 10, then swapping out the parts of a 9spd, then giving the douglas to my girlfriend. is that fair?

[djg]

yellow can be nice if you can match the yellow--otherwise it can sometimes look off. OTOH, this is a low budget investment--you could try a couple and see what you get.

Just put some of the gray cinelli cork tape on my light blue CSi and I like it. YMMV.