Use the edge of a plastic tire removal tool. Then when you can break it up as best as possible you can clean up remained with goo gone. This shit just takes time and effort.
_skinnytwigg on
I would use some isopropyl alcohol and just peel. PRO TIP – use electrical tape on the handlebar before applying new tape to save future you. I will wrap once around the bottom and then twist the tape so it’s sticky and then wrap up when you get to the shifter clamp twist it and make a clean cut. This also helps if you crash and mess up the tape it won’t just peel off.
Wineandbikes on
Pick off what you can & IPA for the rest.
java_dude1 on
Liberal application of elbow grease should get the job done.
Jokes aside, pick off what you can then goo gone or wd40 should loosen the rest.
calygon on
Don’t worry too much – it will be hidden under the new tape and if it’s so stuck you can’t get it off, it won’t stop the new tape sticking..!
dziubelis on
Lemon juice.
Crash217 on
When you reapply bar tape, wrap the bar in electrical tape. It peels off much easier than the bar tape later and it keeps your corrosive sweat off the bars.
GaneshaXi on
Goo gone is my go to for any kind of sticky, difficult to remove nonsense.
temporary243958 on
I don’t understand why manufacturers use tape that can’t be removed. A skinny line of silicone is enough to keep the tape from moving.
cherrymxorange on
Over 10 comments and no one’s mentioned using heat?
I use a hairdryer to remove all my tape, just pre heating from the bar end and then following the tape up the bar as I pull the tape off, the metal stores the heat nicely and it makes it’s way up the bar and softens all the adhesive.
Likewise, in this situation I’d apply heat and then pull my thumb over it as if I was trying to remove bluetak. Not prying it up but rather using pressure to roll it off.
Realistic-Might4985 on
Heat gun will loosen it right up. Doesn’t even need to get that hot.
DatAssociate on
use a melamine sponge+alcohol to take off any sticky parts, mr clean magic eraser type thing
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Use the edge of a plastic tire removal tool. Then when you can break it up as best as possible you can clean up remained with goo gone. This shit just takes time and effort.
I would use some isopropyl alcohol and just peel. PRO TIP – use electrical tape on the handlebar before applying new tape to save future you. I will wrap once around the bottom and then twist the tape so it’s sticky and then wrap up when you get to the shifter clamp twist it and make a clean cut. This also helps if you crash and mess up the tape it won’t just peel off.
Pick off what you can & IPA for the rest.
Liberal application of elbow grease should get the job done.
Jokes aside, pick off what you can then goo gone or wd40 should loosen the rest.
Don’t worry too much – it will be hidden under the new tape and if it’s so stuck you can’t get it off, it won’t stop the new tape sticking..!
Lemon juice.
When you reapply bar tape, wrap the bar in electrical tape. It peels off much easier than the bar tape later and it keeps your corrosive sweat off the bars.
Goo gone is my go to for any kind of sticky, difficult to remove nonsense.
I don’t understand why manufacturers use tape that can’t be removed. A skinny line of silicone is enough to keep the tape from moving.
Over 10 comments and no one’s mentioned using heat?
I use a hairdryer to remove all my tape, just pre heating from the bar end and then following the tape up the bar as I pull the tape off, the metal stores the heat nicely and it makes it’s way up the bar and softens all the adhesive.
Likewise, in this situation I’d apply heat and then pull my thumb over it as if I was trying to remove bluetak. Not prying it up but rather using pressure to roll it off.
Heat gun will loosen it right up. Doesn’t even need to get that hot.
use a melamine sponge+alcohol to take off any sticky parts, mr clean magic eraser type thing