The only cork tape here, and the only one with hood patches in the box
Thinvik Cork and EVA tape, 2 rolls, 70 g (2.5 oz)
Two rolls of cork bar tape in a polyurethane base over EVA foam, with end plugs, finishing tape and pre-cut hood strips.
What you are getting
Two rolls of cork bar tape — “high content natural cork in a polyurethane base”, over an EVA foam backing — with handlebar end plugs, finishing tape, and two pre-cut strips for behind the brake hoods. 70 g. $9.99.
Cork is the third material on this shelf, and the only one here
The introduction to this page names the three: cork, synthetic or gel-backed. This survey has synthetic EVA (ALIEN PROS, BV) and PU-over-foam (the three Supacaz tapes). This is the cork one.
“Made with real cork for shock absorption and grip. High content natural cork in a polyurethane base… super sweat-absorbing.”
Cork’s property is absorption rather than repulsion. A PU tape like the Supacaz sheds sweat off its surface; cork takes it in, which is why cork tape feels dry under a bare palm and why it eventually becomes saturated and needs replacing. Two opposite strategies for the same problem.
The pre-cut strips are the detail that shows someone wrapped a bar
“Includes two pre-cut strips of handlebar tape for behind the brake hoods”, and “two pre-cut strips of finishing tape”.
The patch behind a brake lever clamp is the part of a wrap that goes wrong: the tape has to pass under the hood and leave no gap when the hood is folded back. Pre-cut strips are made for exactly that, and no other tape on this page includes them — the Supacaz tapes include finishing tape, and the ALIEN PROS includes neither.
And the guides on the tape are a real aid
“The logos on the top and adhesive on the back work as guides for a perfect job.”
A printed line to follow while wrapping, which keeps the overlap even. It is a small thing that shows on the finished bar.
It says what it is for, which is a thicker bar
“Works well if you want a bit more isolation from road vibration or want a slightly larger bar diameter for comfort than the thinner variety.”
That is a use case, not a specification, and it is honestly put: some riders wrap thick tape to fatten a bar that is too thin for their hands. A tape that admits to being used that way is more useful than one claiming to be ideal.
What it does not publish is a thickness — so “thicker than original” cannot be compared with the ALIEN PROS at 3 mm (0.12 in) or the Supacaz Gravel at 3.2 mm (0.13 in).
Seventy grams, the lightest tape on this page
70 g (2.5 oz) the set, against 80 g (2.8 oz) for the BV, 93 g (3.3 oz) for the ALIEN PROS, and 50 to 100 g (1.8 to 3.5 oz) across the Supacaz range.
Cork in a PU binder is lighter than solid EVA foam of the same thickness, so a light cork tape is consistent — but with no thickness published, the weight cannot be turned into a cushioning figure.
Where the copy gets confused about itself
Bullet one says cork in a polyurethane base; bullet two says “EVA Foam Material”. Both can be true — a cork-PU surface on an EVA backing is a common construction — but the listing never says so, and reads as though it cannot decide what the tape is made of.
What is not published
No thickness, no length, no width, no roll length, no cork percentage behind “high content”, and no plug type — where all three Supacaz tapes specify screw-and-expand. The one figure on the page is the weight.
Availability
Read on the day this page was built: $10 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-06. The live price is at the top of the page.
