Re: [CR]On wrapping one's bars...

(Example: Framebuilders:Tony Beek)

Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 19:06:29 -0700
From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
To: "devotion finesse" <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]On wrapping one's bars...
In-Reply-To: <BAY101-F16587C042C7535C3D69A6CF59E0@phx.gbl>
References:
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

If you have brake levers that can be removed leaving the clamp on, removing them prior to taping is simple and neat. Most people prefer to wrap from the ends up. I do it the other way, I like the feel better. I use black Tressostar and by the time the edges begin rolling over the tape is sun bleached an ugly uneven grey anyway.

Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA

On 5/25/06, devotion finesse <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> So now I am about to REALLY reveal myself as a "newbie"...Please bear wit h
> me.
> I am now in the process of assembling the 74 Raleigh International that I
> have been gathering parts for (with much appreciated help from CR
> listmembers!) and this, being my very first road bike, has brought me to
> an
> obstacle:
> I have never applied tape to a set of road drops. Sure, I have put a
> little
> Tressoplast cloth tape on the flats of many track bars. No science there .
> But multiple bends and brake calipers present a couple of new challenges.
> I am hoping that some of you might have some pointers to help me get
> moving
> in the right direction.
> The International is the bronze/orange/rust color and I intend to use
> white
> Velox tape, shellaced to match.
> I have looked at every road bike locked up on the street. I have scoured
> the pages of classic rendezvous looking for detail shots of bars, etc. I t
> seems that wrapping methods are consistently inconsistent. Is there a
> "correct" way to go about doing this? Do I start at the stem and wind my
> way toward the bar ends? The other way entirely? Do I wind around the
> bars
> toward the front or rear? Any tricks for cleanly dealing with brake
> calipers?
> Any tips are greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Matthew "the twenty-something who is about to take off his training
> wheels"
> Bowne
> Brooklyn, New York
>
>
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