Fantastic looking tape! Feels great, too!

Had this tape about 3 or 4 months now. At first it felt impossibly grippy and frankly disgusting, like touching some sort of stubbly sea creature, to the point that I feared I would get blisters, but it being winter I wore gloves anyway for my first few rides. Pretty quickly it broke in a bit, and is very comfy and pretty soft despite retaining it's excellent grip, and it looks pretty good too (I got it in the brown color).

One thing to note about this tape is that the knurly pattern is not symmetrical, so you can wrap one direction for more knobbies and the other way for fewer knobbies (because more will be covered under the overlap). However, if you aren't careful you'll do what I did and end up with one side wrapped one way and the other side wrapped the other way. The difference is slight but noticeable.

After about 3 or 4 months, the exposed edges have started fraying a little bit (yes, I wrapped in the correct direction), and the rubber on these frayed edges is starting to break down a little bit, occasionally shedding little black bits of linty rubber. My main touchpoint areas are starting to get pretty bald and slightly discolored by now, but even with my greasy bike mechanic hands and mineral sunscreen usage, it's not oily or gross at all. At this rate it probably won't last longer than another month or two before it starts to really break down, but 5-6 months is pretty solid lifespan for bar wrap.

Rubbery Handlebar Tape

Overall, I love this tape. The only downside is when I lean it against a painted building or garage door, it leaves a white mark on the bar tape that is hard to remove.

It's grippy, comfortable, and looks great on any kind of bike.