Regarding the difficulties of wrapping cloth handlebar tape without wrinkles
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> On Nov 19, 2005, at 4:03 PM, Steven Willis wrote:
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>> I have just covered a set of handle bars on a freshly built up older
>> bike of mine a Steven Calvert with old Campagnolo NR parts and the last
>> thing to do was the bar tape with the old stand by Velox cloth tape.
>> then all these memories came back. This stinks!
I usually "wiggle" the tape back and forth as I wrap the cloth tape.
But I was thinkin' (always dangerous) that maybe the trick is to pour boiling water over the imperfectly wrapped bars to "shrink to fit " the tape to the bars ? <G>
Another thought - if wrinkles are a problem perhaps we need to go to the true "wrinkle avoidance" experts :
Always glad to help,
Mike Fabian (drinking his morning tea)
San Francisco