ENVE Handlebar Tape

Enve handlebar tape might seem pricey on paper before you’ve tried it, but even if you only use it on one bike, the grip, control and comfort are all class-leading making it worth the outlay.

Enve says it has designed a special compound for the tape that provides grip, comfort, and stretch, and has backed it with a silicone strip that provides vibration damping - it is incredibly effective at doing all that is claimed and, as a bonus, it's pretty light at 112g uncut.

The tape can be removed and reused: as it’s silicone-backed there is no glue, only a tacky strip that keeps it in place when you wrap it. Being able to reuse handlebar tape from one bike to the next is a massive bonus for anybody with lots of bikes or if you're changing bars around, or just moving from your summer to winter bike.

The tape is 3mm thick so not as thick as the Wolftooth 5mm tape, but what it loses in the thickness stakes it makes up for with the ease of fitting, especially around the brake hoods.