{"id":880,"date":"2008-07-10T16:49:27","date_gmt":"2008-07-10T22:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=880"},"modified":"2008-07-10T18:23:37","modified_gmt":"2008-07-11T00:23:37","slug":"bar-taping-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2008\/07\/10\/bar-taping-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Bar Taping Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>RoadBikeRider.com Newsletter <\/strong>Issue No. 351 &#8211; 07\/10\/08 offers some tips for replacing the handlebar tape on your bike. I know I have spent a few hours trying to get the overlap just right and the tension tight enough to withstand the grip of bicycling gloves.<\/p>\n<p>Uncle Al&#8217;s column has ten steps to help you. One of the things I have noticed, and Uncle Al confirms: a new tape color changes the look of your bike. I replaced the stock yellow tape with black speckled tape and have a new look.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"www.roadbikerider.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.roadbikerider.com\" target=\"_blank\">link to the RoadBikeRider.com Newsletter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RoadBikeRider.com Newsletter Issue No. 351 &#8211; 07\/10\/08 offers some tips for replacing the handlebar tape on your bike. I know I have spent a few hours trying to get the overlap just right and the tension tight enough to <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2008\/07\/10\/bar-taping-tips\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[32],"tags":[282,283,284],"class_list":["post-880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-equipment","tag-bar-tape","tag-maintenance","tag-roadbikeridercom-newsletter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-ec","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}