Specialized Phat Bar Tape

This makes it an obvious choice for audax but also useful for cross and similar disciplines.

Specialized phat bar tape.

A kit including 4 foam pads with gel inserts and black bar tape. The phat tape consists of unique gel pads that connect to the tops and drops of your handlebars under the bar tape. Both are durable enough to be cut to size and reused multiple times. You need something like our body geometry bar phat that s proven to reduce hand pressure by up to 50.

Specialized dealers website how obtained. Choice of two thicknesses. Specialized claim by as much as fifty percent. A comfort oriented bar tape will usually be somewhere in the range of 2 5 to 3 2mm thick.

Bar phat is not so much a tape as a damping system designed to reduce pressure on the hands. When the road looks ruff ahead you can ride in comfort with specialized bar phat tape on your bike. Bar tape reduces cushioning effect. Specialized statement on covid 19 read here.

When the road ahead looks more like a pockmarked battlefield than a bike path you re in need of some extra help. Sample from company rbr advertiser. And one option in this list the specialized body geometry bar phat has a handlebar specific gel insert. The 4 5mm thick gel provides a 50 reduction in hand pressure.

Far from simply being another gel tape the system uses four elastomer pads that fit on the top and drop sections of the bars. Specialized bar phat top superphat bottom specialized body geometry bar phat 20 superphat 27 specialized has several options to pad road bars underneath bar tape. It s great for rough roads and general riding and is quite durable. Yes you read that correctly.

Specialized super phat bar gel handlebar padding and tape kit retail price. Phattens handlebar maybe you don t like a phatter bar gel could leak. Phattens handlebar maybe you like a phatter bar fits bar curves well. Specialized s body geometry bar phat tape takes handlebar tape to a new level of comfort.

One is bg bar phat which is available in 2 5mm and 4 5mm thicknesses.