Swapped Out My Handlebar

I switched my bike's handlebar to an ITM Phantom 2.
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I've had this one lying around, but I swap it on and off depending on my mood.
I usually change it out when it's time to replace the bar tape or cables, depending on how I'm feeling.

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The reach feels a bit short to me...
Though that's generally considered a selling point by most people.

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↑Rockxi Cycle has this kind of sticker kit available.
Wow, this is some good stuff. (in the style of Ma Kube's final scream)

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The flat one that looks like a necktie is a chainstay sticker,
and the elongated one is also a chainstay sticker but for vertically-oriented seat tubes.
The remaining four small ones are used to prevent outer cable rub on the head tube and similar spots.

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↑I placed it right at the color boundary.
It's a transparent gel-like tape, and you might think the carbon underneath is showing through,
but that's not the case. The carbon weave pattern just happens to line up perfectly.

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It does a pretty good job. No matter how I turn the handlebars, the outer cable doesn't rub at all.
I really like how it doesn't look like much from a visual standpoint.

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