Bar tape

[Glasgow44]

Happy New Year folks

The end of my bar tape has come loose and won't stay stuck down. Any ideas on how to get it to stick down?

 

[Sharky]

which end?
The end you started or finished with?

 

[Glasgow44]

which end?
The end you started or finished with?

The end on top of the bars. I don't know if that's the start or the finish

 

[cyberknight]

electrical tape

 

[Sharky]

The end on top of the bars. I don't know if that's the start or the finish

If it's thickish Cork tape, I start at the end and work to the top and as @cyberknight says, use electrical tape to finish it off.
If it was cloth tape, I would start at the top and tuck the ends into the bars and the bar plugs would keep it in place. I find cork tape just a little too thick to this way.

 

[Glasgow44]

If it's thickish Cork tape, I start at the end and work to the top and as @cyberknight says, use electrical tape to finish it off.
If it was cloth tape, I would start at the top and tuck the ends into the bars and the bar plugs would keep it in place. I find cork tape just a little too thick to this way.

Thanks. Just ordinary black electrical tape from B and Q?

 

[Cycleops]

Thanks. Just ordinary black electrical tape from B and Q?

Yup.

 

[Sharky]

+1
Black or if you get the same colour as your tape

 

[vickster]

Isn’t there sticky down tape in the pack? What tape is it?
Or is it old tape? If so, leccy tape from wherever

 

[Smokin Joe]

You need a new bike.

Go on, you know you want one.

 

[Glasgow44]

Isn’t there sticky down tape in the pack? What tape is it?
Or is it old tape? If so, leccy tape from wherever

No tape in the pack. It's Bianchi bar tape

 

[Glasgow44]

You need a new bike.

Go on, you know you want one.

I've already bought myself a new bike!

 

[vickster]

No tape in the pack. It's Bianchi bar tape

Odd, shows the strips in the picture here
https://winstanleysbikes.co.uk/bianchi-cork-classic-handlebar-tape

 

[cyberknight]

Odd, shows the strips in the picture here
https://winstanleysbikes.co.uk/bianchi-cork-classic-handlebar-tape

I always find the tape in packs to be a waste of time, not very sticky and not long enough to wind tightly .

 

[vickster]

I always find the tape in packs to be a waste of time, not very sticky and not long enough to wind tightly .

Better than nothing as the OP tho