I'm surprised that it looks like I'll be the first to throw in the old clot h tape adage:
"If your hands don't hurt when you're done, ya aint doin' it right."
Remember to stretch! stretch! stretch!
Matthew Bowne
Brooklyn, New York
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> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:04:02 -0400
> From: dima@rogers.com
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Wrapping bars with cloth tape
>
> Hi list,
>
> I am going to wrap the bars on a bike with some Tressostar tape,
> problem is that I've never done that using cloth tape before, and the
> tape being somewhat rare, I'd hate to botch up the job, so would
> appreciate any cloth tape-specific tips/tricks/instructions. In
> particular, I'd like to have an idea how long (or short) a roll of
> Tressostar tape usually is for regular size bars - i.e. should I try
> to minimize the overlap or not. Also, how do you cover the brake
> clamps (what's usually done using the specially provided piece of cork
> tape) - in the usual way (i.e. by using a piece of cloth tape) or
> differently. Etc.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Dmitry Yaitskov,
> Toronto, Canada.
>
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