Wrapping frame in tape

Hello, I'm new.

I've just got hold a half decent frame with a good paint job. I'm thinking about wrapping it in tape to look after it and make it look less nickable(?)

Any thoughts? Anyone used Frame Wrap?

I'd use inner tubes. They look gash and protect the frame well.

"Ah, a frame wrapped in tape! Must be valuable if the owner went through the effort of protecting it. And look, I'm not gonna scratch it while I chop these locks off!"

(maybe)

^no one looking at my bike would ever think that.

Even less when they look at the owner.

^nerged for truthiness sob

^

ive heard some people suggest that wrapping a frame in tape is more likely to lead to corrosion as moisture gets trapped under the tape...not sure if its true or not

done it on two bikes, it made them both look crap. very un-nickable, especially with my lack of attention-to-detail

my 07 langster looks to be worth 40 pounds, its covered with aluminium insulation tape, with the original rust coloured paint showing through all the scratches, which i believe to be attempts by people to discover what bike is underneath it.
my steel oldie did not like being taped up and when i finally pulled the gaffer and electrical tape off, she lost some of her original paint too, so, v. bad idea on a 30+ year old bike.

Duct tape, in strips, ftw

I also pulled the paint off with the stickers on an old steel frame from the '60s.