The fastest Frenchman on 700c knobbies has the worst tape job in all of professional cycling. C'mon Francis! Get PRO. It looks like his 13 year old brother wrapped his bars:
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at 9:34PM
Reader Comments (3)
what - you don't like the tape going all the way to the stem?
No place to mount the HRM, PowerTap, and Garmin?
Or the lumping funky loops...
He is french afterall... and his nipples are rather pronounced in his fancy national skinsuit...
who cares what his bars look like...
Ha! I just sullied myself reading this. Genius.
looks like he went with double tape. He had to go all the way to the stem to avoid looking even less PRO. Try it sometime. It looks odd.