Fabric Knurl Bar Tape Reviews
Review score: 9.3/10 – Updated November, 2024
Latest Price: £16.99 – Save 15% (RRP: £19.99)
Take a look now to discover what makes Fabric Knurl Bar Tape worthy of a review score of 9.3 out of 10.
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Fabric Knurl Bar Tape features
Fabric Knurl Bar Tape
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Spec 1
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Colour: Red, White Other Handlebar Tape found with this Spec: 7 |
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Feature 1
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Texture boosts grip Other Handlebar Tape found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 2
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Silicone backing reduces road buzz Other Handlebar Tape found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 3
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Suitable for all weather Other Handlebar Tape found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 4
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For use with or without gloves Other Handlebar Tape found with this feature: 2 |
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Price
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£16.99 |
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Number of Reviews
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2 |
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Review Score
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5 / 5 Average score in category: 4.0/5 |
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Quality
Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Handlebar Tape. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Fabric Knurl Bar Tape.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Fabric Knurl Bar Tape is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.
Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Handlebar Tape. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.
There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Handlebar Tape. Brands like Fabric are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.
Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Handlebar Tape category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.
Comparing Prices
Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Handlebar Tape.
It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.
Price of Fabric Knurl Bar Tape
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Fabric Knurl Bar Tape.
We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Fabric Knurl Bar Tape was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £16.99 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.9 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Handlebar Tape
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Handlebar Tape.
We found 134 in the Handlebar Tape category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £18.54, making it below average at £16.99.
It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Handlebar Tape. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £40.49, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £3.99.
With 134 products available we worked out that 65 cost more than Fabric Knurl Bar Tape and 68 were cheaper.
Cost of Fabric products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 80 products from Fabric, of which 4 were in the Handlebar Tape category.
For now though we’re looking at Fabric branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £40.24 making this product below average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Fabric product we found was £6.00 and the highest price we could find from them was £169.99.
Of the 80 from Fabric, 50 were more expensive than Fabric Knurl Bar Tape and 25 were cheaper.
How much are Fabric Handlebar Tape?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Fabric products that are listed in the Handlebar Tape category.
The average price of the 4 products that match this search was £18.87, with the cheapest coming in at £13.99 and highest price was £27.99. With the average being £18.87, Fabric Knurl Bar Tape comes in below average.
1 products that meet this search were more expensive than Fabric Knurl Bar Tape and 2 were cheaper.
Fabric Knurl Bar Tape Reviews
Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.
There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.
1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.
2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.
Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Fabric Knurl Bar Tape reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Fabric Knurl Bar Tape, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.6 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Handlebar Tape category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.0 out of 5.
Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Fabric Knurl Bar Tape or another similar product, like Fabric Hex Bar Tape reviews or Fabric Silicone Bar Tape reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Handlebar Tape.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Handlebar Tape. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Fabric, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of Fabric Knurl Bar Tape
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Fabric Knurl Bar Tape reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Fabric Knurl Bar Tape. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.3/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25637628517
- Product ID 2: 776426UK
- Brand: Fabric
- Model number: FP7716U50OS
- RRP: £19.99
- EAN: 884603634691
- Description: Fabric Knurl Bar Tape Simple to wrap and keep clean, this easy to apply bar tape is suitable for use in all weather conditions and can be used comfortably with or without gloves. The Knurl pattern makes it super grippy and comfortable, while the silicone backing soaks up unwanted road buzz. Provides exceptional isolation from road buzzKraton rubber paired with our signature Knurl pattern combine to form a tape that’s comfortable and easy to wrap and to keep clean. The Knurl pattern is grippy, comfortable and provides exceptional comfort, even on the roughest roads. Features: Texture boosts gripSilicone backing reduces road buzzSuitable for all weatherFor use with or without glovesPack contains: 2 x Tape rolls2 x Bar ends2 x Finishing stripsBuy Fabric Accessories from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Components > Handlebar Tape
- Savings percentage from RRP: 15%
- Unisex
- 3
- Adult
Other options for Handlebar Tape
As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Handlebar Tape. 134 in fact.
A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Fabric Knurl Bar Tape included,
Colnago Grip Bar Tape reviews, Colnago Dot Bar Tape reviews, or we really liked the look of Colnago Cork Bar Tape reviews as another alternative.