Question: This is kind of a frivolous bike question, but I am rebuilding a 1980s road bike to look like an old French porteur bike. The frame of my bike is a light silver blue color and I'd like to swap out the current saddle with a Brooks Aged B17 saddle. But I can't seem to find handlebar tape that matches the Brooks Aged saddle. Any ideas?

I've attached a photo of the road bike (a 1982 Miyata). The drop bars will be replaced with VO Belleville bars and Dia Compe inverse brake levers and, of course, the saddle in the photo will be replaced with a Brooks B17 Aged saddle. Besides leather I'm open to cotton cloth tape and could do a shellac coating but don't know what color cotton tape and shellac to use to match the Brooks saddle. I find photos on Amazon, etc. tend to show one color and when the product arrives it's a completely different color.

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wqAtR.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wqAtR.jpg)

Answer: 
Brooks makes leather bar tape for some large amount of money (I think 75-100 USD), which matches their saddles. 

They also make a cotton bar tape in a similar color (for some large, but not as large amount of money).
As one answer suggests brooks makes their own handlebar tape and it is really nice with cork bar end plugs. As also noted it is not cheap. 

In addition as another answer suggests, you could make your own. That being said, if you don't feel overly creative you could let someone else make them, think [etsy.](https://www.etsy.com/)

Search "leather handlebar tape" and some really nice options crop up with varying price levels. Here are a few I found with a quick search.

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2F0Pf.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2F0Pf.jpg)

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pEQsh.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pEQsh.jpg)

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MaqL0.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MaqL0.jpg)

Happy trails!