A nice sunny evening persuaded me to drag the Lemond out from the back of a pile of bikes and take it out for a spin. I’d just got onto the Bath-Bristol cycle track when I went to take a drink, and discovered that the bottle was still on the fireplace at home, so had to turn around to collect it.
I settled for 18 miles in the end in the evening sunshine. The Brooks bar tape seems to work better if I don’t wear gloves, with my Campagnolo gloves on it’s far too slippery to grip properly.
Brooks probably sell ridiculously expensive gloves specifically for gripping their tape ;)
I might try an evening road ride soon, seems the wind drops to about a quarter of the daytime speed after 7.
It wouldn’t surprise me if they did make special gloves.
Admittedly I usually use Pervert Tape (aka Bontrager Grippy Tape) which is extra-grippy, so it’s not really a fair comparison.
I have massive holes in my tape, and some of it’s undone so I used some gaffa tape on it.
I should put new tape on, I’ve had some for 2 years :)