Re: [CR] Securing Bar Tape

(Example: Framebuilders:Alex Singer)

Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:22:27 -0800
From: "Don Williams" <donwilliamsjr@gmail.com>
To: donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20090114211531.AE4B8677D@ug2.ece.ubc.ca>
References: <20090114211531.AE4B8677D@ug2.ece.ubc.ca>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Securing Bar Tape


That's the way I've wraped mine... If I have any problem fitting the plug, I reduce it using a wire wleel...

Don Williams Woodinville Washington USA

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 1:15 PM, donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca> wrote:
> Everything I ever knew about bicycles I learned from Eugene A. Sloan's
> amazing book, "The Complete Book of Bicycling" (1st edition.) Said
> book also uses 100% Campagnolo parts for repairs (as if Campagnolo
> EVER breaks! Never!) and pretty girls for the other illustrations.
>
> I am quite certain that sloan says, "tape from the tops, and tuck the
> bar tape into the bar-ends with the plugs, when you are done."
> This is the path to enlightenment in cycling ...
>
> I think that bicycling today suffers from the lack of a bible as good
> as Sloan's book.
>
> - Don ("bible-thumping") Gillies
> (originally from the promised land of Illinois, like Sloan)
> San Diego, CA, USA