{"id":1982,"date":"2013-04-23T12:46:42","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T19:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/?p=1982"},"modified":"2015-06-11T16:09:43","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T23:09:43","slug":"video-how-to-tape-your-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/2013\/04\/video-how-to-tape-your-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: How to tape your bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Watch how to add grip tape to your road bike&#8217;s drop handlebars, step-by-step (5:21):<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZxFdOnaRGVM?rel=0\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Need to replace your handlebar tape?<\/strong> <a href=\"\/\/store.lizardskins.com\/products\/dsp-3-dot-2mm-bar-tape\">Lizard Skin&#8217;s 3.2mm bar tape<\/a> is thicker than most tapes. You get more cushioning and shock-absorption for long or bumpy rides: touring, commuting, cyclocross, Gran Fondos, and event rides. <strong>Take a hint<\/strong> from racing team <a href=\"\/\/www.vacansoleildcm.co.uk\/\">Vacansoleil-DCM<\/a>\u2014they wrapped their bars in <a href=\"\/\/lizardskins.com\/paris-roubaix-3-2mm-dsp-taming-the-cobbles\/\">DSP 3.2 at Paris-Roubaix<\/a> to soften the cobblestones !<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lizard Skins DSP bike handlebar tape<\/strong> is <a href=\"\/\/www.livetoplaysports.com\/en\/find-a-dealer\/lizard-skins\/\">available in Canada<\/a> in 3 thickness: <a href=\"\/\/store.lizardskins.com\/products\/dsp-1-dot-8mm-bar-tape\">1.8mm bar tape<\/a> (3 colours, $43*), <a href=\"\/\/store.lizardskins.com\/products\/dsp-2-dot-5mm-bar-tape\">2.5mm bar tape<\/a> (13 colours, including <a href=\"\/\/store.lizardskins.com\/products\/dsp-2-dot-5mm-bar-tape-dual-color\">dual-colour<\/a>, $43*), and new, cushy <a href=\"\/\/store.lizardskins.com\/products\/dsp-3-dot-2mm-bar-tape\">3.2mm bar tape<\/a> (5 colours, $45*).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>About <a href=\"\/\/lizardskins.com\/company\/\">Lizard Skins<\/a><\/li>\n<li>View all <a href=\"\/\/store.lizardskins.com\/t\/road-gear\/bar-tape\">Lizard Skins bar tape<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read a <a href=\"\/\/www.competitivecyclist.com\/product-components\/2013-lizard-skins-dsp-3.2mm-bar-tape-35223.27.1.html\">review in Competitive Cyclist<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Find a <a href=\"\/\/www.livetoplaysports.com\/en\/find-a-dealer\/lizard-skins\/\">Lizard Skins dealer in Canada<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*\u00a0<em>Manufacturer\u2019s suggested retail price, Canadian currency.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch how to add grip tape to your road bike&#8217;s drop handlebars, step-by-step (5:21): Need to replace your handlebar tape? Lizard Skin&#8217;s 3.2mm bar tape is thicker than most tapes. You get more cushioning and shock-absorption for long or bumpy&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,279,687],"tags":[302,46,43,300,299,158,303,78,301,499],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1982"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5568,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982\/revisions\/5568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}