First time doing bar tape

[dave147]

as above I changed my bar tape first time think it came out ok black is the old blue is new

 

[slowmotion]

Looks good. I watched dozens of YouTube clips and had the greatest difficulty working out what to do round the brake hoods, especially on the bar that wasn't shown as an example in the clips. Mine wasn't anywhere near perfect but life is way too short to start obsessing about it.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Excellent, in fact it looks perfect to me.


Pity you were 4" short on the left and cunningly disguised by your hand

 

[OnTheRopes]

This is my favourite method, doesn't use that short cut off piece round the brake levers

 

[Ilovehills]

Bar tape certainly is an art form. Looks good to me

 

[raleighnut]

Must get round to doing my Equipe,

 

[dave147]

Excellent, in fact it looks perfect to me.


Pity you were 4" short on the left and cunningly disguised by your hand

Excellent, in fact it looks perfect to me.


Pity you were 4" short on the left and cunningly disguised by your hand

 

[Levo-Lon]

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That's better
my son in law has the same bike, i really like that blue tape with the frame colour

 

[dave147]

Thanks every one did have to re do the first side as when I had finished the other side I noticed a couple of things wrong with it so have got better already

 

[MikeG]

Looks good to me.

When I played squash, changing tape was a very regular task. It's virtually the same stuff as handlebar tape, albeit applying bar tape is more complex because of the shapes. I used two layers of tape on my squash racquet (it helped prevent tennis elbow), and I've often wondered about using two layers of tape on my handlebars. Does anyone do this?

 

[MikeG]

Must get round to doing my Equipe,

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Oi, pump your front tyre up!

 

[OldShep]

Looks good to me.

When I played squash, changing tape was a very regular task. It's virtually the same stuff as handlebar tape, albeit applying bar tape is more complex because of the shapes. I used two layers of tape on my squash racquet (it helped prevent tennis elbow), and I've often wondered about using two layers of tape on my handlebars. Does anyone do this?

On my Squash racquet I use an overgrip ( thinner and cheap as chips) and change it every month. On a couple of bikes I’ve a double layer but just in places where the hands usually are.

 

[Illaveago]

Sorry I preferred the blue tape!
I find that they don't supply enough tape and have to do it several times before I have enough to tuck into the bar ends. I also prefer starting at the top and working down rather than the video clips which show the other method.

 

[Cycleops]

Better than I could have done. Looks like you started at the top.

 

[Oldfentiger]

Sorry I preferred the blue tape!
I find that they don't supply enough tape and have to do it several times before I have enough to tuck into the bar ends. I also prefer starting at the top and working down rather than the video clips which show the other method.

Yep, me too.
I don’t like to see sticky tape holding the bar tape in place in the middle.