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^ the logic being if you're relying on your tape to provide the comfort on your handle bars then they are in the wrong place. The reason for the discomfort is there is too much pressure on your hands.
I've found the newbaums cloth bar tape surprisingly comfortable (albeit on north road style bars).
I just don't think the normal fizik is either that grippy or comfortable. It maybe hard wearing and have a slim line "pro-look" and lots of colours, but I don't think it's necessarily the be-all of tapes people on here make out. Still I've used it on most of my bikes.
That said tape's a personal thing, you often hear people saying they couldn't care less.
One thing I did with fizik was to wrap the bar in a cut up innertube (wrap in upwards facing electrical tape to make it stick without overlap). It kept them slim, but gave that little bit of road vibration reduction.
I also liked the Mavic tape, very good for the money.