
But one morning in early May a sidewall cut on the front tyre led to rapid deflation at speed and I had to bail out into a soft verge. I was ok but the handlebars had whacked the top tube and it looked like this.

Ouch. I sent it off to fibrelyte.co.uk and it came back nicely repaired, not invisible but quite discreet.

Someone in this thread recommended Lizard Skins bartape. It's very soft and grippy.

The bike is rebuilt and I'm very glad to have it back.
