Re: [CR] Securing Bar Tape

(Example: Racing:Beryl Burton)

Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:29:57 -0500
From: "David G. White" <whiteknight@burlingtontelecom.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Securing Bar Tape


Hmmm.... I've ridden thousands of miles with my bars taped that way and never had the problem you're describing. Perhaps I don't grip my bars hard enough!

Best,

David

David G. White Burlington, VT

John Betmanis wrote:
> At 06:31 PM 13/01/2009 -0500, David G. White wrote:
>
>> When I worked in a bike shop in Chicago in the 70s, my boss taught me to
>> install bar tape working from the stem side to the bar ends. The final
>> bit of tape got inserted into the bar end and secured with the plugs, or
>> bar-end shifters, so no tape was required anywhere. Modern cork tape is
>> too thick for that method. But I still tape vintage bikes with cloth or
>> plastic tape that way. It works well.
>>
>
> I'm sure that's how a bike shop would do it. It's quick and easy and they
> don't have to ride the bike. In fact, that's how most bikes came from the
> factory. That's how I did it for decades until I learned the correct way,
> starting from the ends. When you wrap starting from the stem, the tape will
> curl and seperate from hand pressure while riding on the tops.
>
> John Betmanis
> Woodstock, Ontario
> Canada