bar tape - I suck at wrapping!
Im feeling a little special here, but ive come to the conclusion I'm just rubbish at it. Drops and up to the levers is fine its just the bend I cannot for the life of me get a decent wrap the inner part always looks loose and terrible even using silly thin tapes. Anyone have any fool proof tips/guides before I just wrap it in sparky tape an call it done.
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It is a bit of a dark art. Just keep practising. I tend to stretch it a bit when going around the curved part. just keep looking for a decent overlap. If its not right just go back and do it again. Good idea is to use the cut off for under the hoods or cut a bit off the end of the main wrap to use if non supplied.0
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Yeah been doing the loop for under the hood, ill get some photos of my terrible work after work0
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Front shifter side wraps clockwise, rear shifter side wraps anti-clockwise. Figure of 8 around the levers, finish the same distance away from the slam, with the same number of wrap each side. Leave a bit over at the start to secure the end plugs and finish with electrical tape in the centre.0
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Rodrego Hernandez wrote:Front shifter side wraps clockwise, rear shifter side wraps anti-clockwise.
That was the bit I struggled with! GCN video shows doing the front shifter side, which works fine, then just says do the same on the other side. Which I managed to get backwards twice(!) before figuring it out.0 -
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I've seen a few examples recently of tape wrapped the old school way starting from the middle and working outwards. Makes for a neater finish on the tops and the only loose end is secured by the end plug. Going to give it a go next time I have bars to rewrap.0
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markhewitt1978 wrote:Rodrego Hernandez wrote:Front shifter side wraps clockwise, rear shifter side wraps anti-clockwise.
That was the bit I struggled with! GCN video shows doing the front shifter side, which works fine, then just says do the same on the other side. Which I managed to get backwards twice(!) before figuring it out.
It's a pain in the arse some times but worth the time to get right0 -
Rodrego Hernandez wrote:It's a pain in the ars* some times but worth the time to get right
Of all the jobs I did building the bike up most of them were more tricky than expected, things didn't work, go into the right place, or often just didn't make sense. After all that I was dreading the bar tape as it's renouned for being tricky, but it was the easiest part of the entire build!0 -
Think im going to get some cheap cloth tape without adhesive to practice with. Ill give it a go starting in the middle as well0
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Ber Nard wrote:
Thanks - really useful video0
