[CR]wrapping handlebars with plastic (?) tape

(Example: Framebuilders:Doug Fattic)

From: Thomas L. Hayes <hayesbikes@nls.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:19:50 -0600
Subject: [CR]wrapping handlebars with plastic (?) tape

Could someone please explain to me, and also to the group if others might find it of equal value or, whether there is a trick, some arcane 1950's method for wrapping handlebars with tape such as Benetto or other similar plastic type of tape, like on a 1950's Legnano. I do a presentable--not showcase job--with tape that has a sticky back. With the other, however, I find regardless of where I start and finish, it ends up sliding or slipping and will not hold for much beyond two miles. I can't figure out what I am doing wrong, though wrong it is, that's for sure.

Thank you.

Cheers.

Tom Hayes Chagrin Falls, Ohio where it finally quit snowing sometime yesterday