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I'm trying and failing to find some tape that color matches this 3T gunmetal bar and stem.
I thought with all the ti bikes this would be easy and there's be loads of options, but I keep finding the greys are lighter in real life than displayed in pics on the web, and I've not found anything I'm really happy with.
I'd prefer it to have a kind of sheen/shine like the stem, and here's what I've got so far:
(my work bike now has enough tape to last the rest of the decade with the fails).
From left to right, with the left being the current favorite, but would prefer it if it was a little darker is Velox Guidoline. The next one from the left is Fizik which also has a nice shine, but again is just too light a color, and the others, Lizard Skins, Deda and Condor are definite no-no's.
Anyone got any other suggestions? I get grey has not got the pazazz to get the marketing department excited, so let me know if there's any jazzier search terms I should be using like Shinyium or whatever for more results.