{"id":832,"date":"2009-02-20T17:19:52","date_gmt":"2009-02-20T23:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=832"},"modified":"2009-02-20T17:19:52","modified_gmt":"2009-02-20T23:19:52","slug":"i-spend-more-on-bar-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=832","title":{"rendered":"I spend more on bar tape&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;than most women spend on shoes.<\/p>\n<p>I have to preface this with a word of warning- if you are looking for functional bar tape, stop reading now. Go get some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arundelbike.com\/gecko.html?p=1.1.3.1\" target=\"_blank\">Arundel Gecko Grip<\/a> tape. It has to be, hands down, the stickiest, grippiest, yet just-soft-enough tape that\u00c3\u201a  I&#8217;ve ever laid hands upon.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you&#8217;re looking for hard to install, slippery, and generally non-functional bling that will turn heads (and, more than likely, a few noses), then check out the latest look that the surly is sporting:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-832 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dsc_7867.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dsc_7867-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dsc_7868.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dsc_7868-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dsc_7869.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dsc_7869-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dsc_7870.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dsc_7870-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dsc_7871.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/dsc_7871-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;than most women spend on shoes. I have to preface this with a word of warning- if you are looking for functional bar tape, stop reading now. Go get some Arundel Gecko Grip tape. It has to be, hands down, the stickiest, grippiest, yet just-soft-enough tape that\u00c3\u201a I&#8217;ve ever laid hands upon. 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