[CR] Securing Bar Tape

(Example: Racing:Jacques Boyer)

Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:32:43 -0600
Thread-Topic: Securing Bar Tape
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From: "John Hurley" <JHurley@jdabrams.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] Securing Bar Tape


I use electrical tape to finish off when wrapping handlebars, and it usually doesn't work too well. If I wrap it tight, it comes unstuck over time as the tape contracts; if I don't wrap it tight, it looks sloppy. Somewhere I read you should wrap tightly at first, and then finish it with no tension. It occurred to me today, Why not try a short piece of heat-shrink tubing? Just slip it on and slide up to the stem, out of the way, then slide it back over the end of the wrap and apply heat. Has anyone tried this?

John Hurley
Late to the dance again in
Austin, Texas, USA