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Features
- Not a Frivolity but a Necessity
- Stronger; Lasts Longer
- With Bar:Gel, Extremely Shock Absorbing
- Foam Padded for Increased Vibration Dampening
- Double-Stitching adds Natural Air-Cushion for Extra Shock Absorption
Product Description
Fizik Black and Blue Dual Tape is not a frivolity but a necessity. It's stronger and will last longer and with Bar:Gel, it's extremely shock absorbing. The Dual Tape is foam padded for increased vibration dampening, and the double-stitching adds natural air-cushion for extra shock absorption.SimilarProduct
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Customer reviews
Best handlebar tape on the market 
by .. John E. Heyer (San Francisco, CA)
Fizik handlebar tape costs about $10 more than the standard "cork" tape you'll get in stores, but it is the best $10 you can spend on a bike accessory.
Looks and feels great, the is extremely durable, even when it gets wet. I wrapped my commuter bike over 2 years ago, and it still looks like it was done yesterday. In comparison, my road bike was done with Cinelli, and two years later it's already worn and must be redone.
Real Good Bar Tape....... by .. C. Luckenbach (Los Angeles,CA)
I purchased this bar tape sight unseen because of Fizik's strong reputation for quality products. I was looking for some really 'cushy' tape, due to hand numbness and found the Dual Bicycle Bar Tape. The tape is somewhat cushioned, it has a felt-like layer on the under side and it also benefits from the stitched air pocket. But in order to really get that 'cushy' feel, I also purchased Fizik Bar Gel with Four Pieces (No tape), which really allowed me to achieve the feel that I was looking for( the gel flattens out quite a bit with the the bar tape though).I purchased the black/gray which has a suede like feel to it that I really love.
It is very sturdy. As other reviewers have mentioned, it takes a bit of force to get the tape to lay correctly, but it will yield. I also wanted to mention that this is my first experience in wrapping handle bars and I didn't find it as difficult as some earlier reviewers had suggested. As some have stated, it does not include instructions, but if you just pay attention to how the bar tape is applied as you remove the original/existing tape, you can reverse engineer the process and successfully apply your new tape. If your starting from scratch on a brand new pair of bars than you have more than likely applied bar tape before.
All in all, I really do like this bar tape. It's sturdy, has a great suede-like feel, and looks, well, to each his own but I like it. Definitely unique looking. And if your a 'newbie' like me, go ahead and take a shot at it, if you mess up, the tape allows for a correctional re-taping. I had to re-wrap the second side( for aesthetic reasons, I wrapped in the same direction as the first side which had the 'swirl' pattern going the same direction as the first side, it didn't look right.) and the tape was fine, it looked just as good as the other side.
installation is a pain by .. W. Boykin (Denver, CO USA)
Bending this stuff to your will & the handlebar is not an easy task. Getting a nice, clean wrap around corners & levers will require considerably more time & effort than for cork tapes, which are usually very forgiving in these areas. You will find that you have to re-wrap corners a couple of times to stretch the tape & get it to lay flat. Fortunately, the tape handles all of this abuse well; I realy leaned into this stuff & felt no sign of weakness or fragility. The tape ends are cut to angles that should make beginning & ending the tape easier, if you wrap for self-tightening, one of these angles is going to make starting the tape a little weird (not to mention that because you have to reverse the wrap either the tops or drops of your bar will not have the color striping). This brings me to the end plugs, mine required a lot of sanding to get them small enough to even fit in my bars, let alone fit in there with bar tape.
Fully installed, my handlebars now look like something out of a Tim Burton movie, it'll be fun for a year but I will be going back to a solid colored tape next year.
So why four stars? These are a challenge to install, but I didn't buy them because they would be easy to install; I wanted the aesthetics & I wanted the solid feeling that they afford. They offer both looks & firmness in spades.
Something out of a Tim Burton movie 
by .. Christian (Boston, MA)
I bought this to replace the dirty white bar tape on my bike. It looks nice and muted in the pictures, and I have the version with the black/grey on another bike, but this was just too much. The red is bright and just looks too garish on the bars when all is said and done. It's thin, goes on easily and has some cushion, but I just couldn't get over the looks and took it off that night.