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Nifty Top Tube Protection Found in Key West

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Walking around Key West, I found this Origin 8 fixed gear bike locked up with the Huffy 3 mixte. What caught my eye was the clever use of bar tape to protect the top tube. I’m sure you big city folk have seen this before, but I hadn’t and thought it was a much more elegant method of keeping the paint from scratching than some other things I’ve seen.
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Tyler Benedict is the Founder of Bikerumor.com, where he’s been writing about the latest bikes, components, and cycling technology for almost two decades. Prior to that, Tyler launched and built multiple sports nutrition brands and consumer goods companies, mostly as an excuse to travel and ride in new places.

Based in North Carolina, Tyler also loves the Vanlife & family adventure travel and is always on the lookout for the next shiny new part and off-grid adventure.

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Androo
Androo
14 years ago

Wouldn’t work so well if you ran gears or a rear brake (depending on how they’re routed), since you need the looseness of a standard top-tube cover to clear your cables. But it sure looks infinitely better than the standard socks. And the only people who I see running TT-covers are on single-speeds anyway, so it’s probably a moot point.

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