Bar Tape......a couple of basic questions.

[Dogtrousers]

When I used cloth tape, I always finished at the bar ends and were just tucked in and kept there with the bar end plus.
Now with cork tape, I find it too thick to tuck in, so I finish at the top and use elec tape, the same colour as the cork tape if possible or black.

Much neater to finish without having to use sticky tape by tucking in at the bar ends. But the illusion of neatness doesn't last long if you do that with modern fat bar tape.

Fat tape gets rubbed up the wrong way and gets all scruffy quite quickly if you finish it at the bar ends, which thin cloth tape doesn't/didn't.

So electrical tape it is, to finish off at the stem ends.

 

[Racing roadkill]

I use gorilla tape. It’s pretty good stuff.

 

[Vantage]

I see the 'professionals' taper the cut at the ends near the stem for a neat finish, but I just square cut it to finish under the bar where it isn't seen and stick a few wraps of lecky tape to finish off.
I specifically sought out brown lecky tape this time to go with the new leather bar tape. Mmmmm delicious.

 

[ColinJ]

Now there's a coincidence ... On my way home from this evening's ride I noticed that the bar tape on the left side of the handlebar was coming loose so I have just rewound it and finished it off with (drum roll) electricians' tape!

 

[Kempstonian]

I see the 'professionals' taper the cut at the ends near the stem for a neat finish, but I just square cut it to finish under the bar where it isn't seen and stick a few wraps of lecky tape to finish off.
I specifically sought out brown lecky tape this time to go with the new leather bar tape. Mmmmm delicious.

That's one advantage electrical tape has - it comes in so many colours. I have about six different ones (including brown!)

 

[Globalti]

.....so if you're feeling creative you can use different colours....

 

[Cycleops]

Since we're talking about bar tape which end do you start? The stem or the plug end.

 

[Cycleops]

I would say "that's what I do" but it's not strictly true as I haven't used cloth tape since dinosaurs roamed the earth.

There's still plenty of them roaming on CC .

 

[Racing roadkill]

I always start at the plug end.