Cheung, Doland wrote:
> Ok, last night I was wrapping some new bars with some new cloth bar
> tape. But I kept wrinkling the tape while wrapping. It's like the
> trailing edge didn't want to stretch as much as I needed and the leading
> edge stretched too much, so as I wrapped, it wouldn't wrap smooth. I
> always start at the bottom of the bar end, wrap once around the bar end
> and then start to progress up. Wrapping is towards the outside.
>
> Admittedly, I'm a modern guy and have much more experience wrapping
> vinyl or cork tape than cloth. Am I doing something wrong or am I
> missing something? Stretching didn't seem to help.
>
> Doland Cheung
> SoCal
>
I haven't done this for years, having converted to plastic or off-topic
"cork" tape on most bikes.
Some cloth bartape is too stiff to do curves well.
Try spraying it with water as you go, this provides some lubrication to
the fibres and it should stretch and lay down more smoothly.
Marcus Coles
London, Ontario, Canada.