These rolls of tape were short to begin with and now seem to be even shorter. I would suggest using remnant tape for the four pieces around the brake levers and being very careful about the overlap.
I prefer the Cateye tape when it can be found. The old Fujita tape was fantastic. These Japanese tapes were much longer than a roll of Tressostar.
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Whitneyveille, CT
> Hi list,
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\r?\n> I am going to wrap the bars on a bike with some Tressostar tape,
\r?\n> problem is that I've never done that using cloth tape before, and the
\r?\n> tape being somewhat rare, I'd hate to botch up the job, so would
\r?\n> appreciate any cloth tape-specific tips/tricks/instructions. In
\r?\n> particular, I'd like to have an idea how long (or short) a roll of
\r?\n> Tressostar tape usually is for regular size bars - i.e. should I try
\r?\n> to minimize the overlap or not. Also, how do you cover the brake
\r?\n> clamps (what's usually done using the specially provided piece of cork
\r?\n> tape) - in the usual way (i.e. by using a piece of cloth tape) or
\r?\n> differently. Etc.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Thanks.
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\r?\n> Cheers,
\r?\n> Dmitry Yaitskov,
\r?\n> Toronto, Canada.