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Silca grips through thick & thin w/ new Nastro Cuscino & Nastro Aero bar tapes

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Silca announced two new handlebar tapes in their Nastro lineup – claimed as the thickest and thinnest available. Nastro Cuscino is a full 3.5mm thick and made of three layers for maximum cushion. Nastro Aero is a mere 1mm thick, offering high grip for track, triathlon, and time trial bikes. Both are covered under a new crash replacement discount policy, to help you look fresh in the event of an accident.

Silca Nastro Cuscino and Nastro Aero bicycle bar tape

Less than a year after debuting the first two Nastro bar tapes, Silca just doubled the product line. The first two tapes were fairly conventional in thickness (1.85mm and 2.5mm), and differentiated from other tapes with grippy material and a special TPU construction. The latest introductions venture past both ends of the spectrum, catering to customers that want super thick padding OR super thin handlebar grips.

Nastro Cuscino is made from three layers that add up to 3.5mm total. We presume that it’ll be best used for gravel or rough road situations, or anywhere that impact and road shock are an issue.

For colors are available – all selling for $50.

Nastro Aero

Nastro Aero is more of a grip tape set than traditional handlebar tape, selling for $15 per kit. It includes pre-cut pieces of various sizes, all at only 1mm thick.

The grip pieces can be placed wherever you see fit, adding grip to otherwise bare aerobars. Silca says that it offers “the best possible grip in a super-thin package to retain the wind-tunnel tested aerodynamics of track, triathlon and time trial bikes.”

Interestingly, all Nastro tapes are now covered under a new crash replacement discount program for 1 year from date-of-purchase for the original owner. In the event of a crash and damaged tape, Silca offers a $12 discount for replacement tape.

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alex
alex
4 years ago

This guy wants to get rich quick

chris gachowski
chris gachowski
4 years ago

I wonder if you could use Nastro to patch a seat or add grip to a seat?

James G Gilbert
James G Gilbert
4 years ago

After getting barely 2000 out of lizard skin tape, I now have silca tape on 3 of my road bikes and absolutely love it. Certain things cost more for a reason, @nd this tape is worth every penny.

Geoffrey Stone
Geoffrey Stone
4 years ago

How is it to wrap? I have heard it can be tough to get it wrapped smoothly.

Rob
Rob
4 years ago

The nastro bar tape was so bad to wrap with. It looks ok but the fizik Terra bondcush is miles better in every regard.

frank
frank
2 years ago

Did anyone check out the crash policy? All it does is give you the sale price by taking $12 off the price of the tape, which is still allowing plenty of profit for Silca. Having said that, it appears it could be the best tape on the market, it’s extremely comfortable on my touring bike beating out Specialized S-Wrap Roubaix bar tape which was rated high for comfort as well, and it’s better than other tapes I’ve used over the years.

There is only one other thing that Silca sells that is worth the huge price they charge for their stuff, besides this tape, and that could be the Silca Secret Chain Blend Hot Wax, but I haven’t tried it to see nor will I, but if you like waxing your chain this could be a major hit for you. Other than that, all the other stuff Silca sells, you can find on the internet with other brands that are just as good for far less money.

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