Re: [CR]wrapping handlebars with plastic (?) tape

(Example: Events:Cirque du Cyclisme)

Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 12:46:04 -0800 (PST)
From: "Stephan Andranian" <sandranian@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]wrapping handlebars with plastic (?) tape
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: 6667


Super Glue? That sounds like it would be an issue in the long run, but maybe it isn't. I have had great luck with rubber cement and benotto. And the "curling" issue can be a problem with benotto, but maybe I am just not pulling hard enough! I wouldn't recommend stretching it that much, as you may just rip it or do some other damage, which is the worst! At the end of the bar (towards the stem), I just trim and wrap some electrical tape to hold. But I guess there is something to be said for not using anything up there....

Stephan Andranian Costa Mesa, CA

Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Jack Moran at the old City Cycle in Little Rock, AR, who some here know, used to put a small drop of super glue on the bars every couple of turns when wrapping Cinelli cork tape. Regards,

Jerry Moos