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chacun a son gout.
Totally agree with that and there are also plenty of drawbacks with covering the tape in shellac, it definitely doesnt add to the look of the bike and it doesnt matter which colour the tape is, brushing them over with shellac turns them into a dark brown colour.
falconvitesse-
Hard disagree. I shellac'ed the orange newbaums on my first ever build and it came out looking rather excellent, even if I do say so myself. It would periodically fade, then a reapplication would bring back the lustre.
However, not particularly comfy as quite hard. I'd have been more bothered if my hands didn't already have callouses.
freewheely_
I think it was common (but not universal) practice to put cotton tape round the levers as shown in my photo.
No, I'm not going to apply shellac. I've always thought the slightly absorbent nature of this tape to be desirable - if I wanted something impervious I'd use different tape. So, chacun a son gout.