Pet hates when buying 2nd hand Bikes

[biggs682]

One of the things that winds me up whenever i buy a new to me bike is how the previous owner wraps the bars .

I like to do mine from the centre outwards but it winds me when people do it outwards to centre and then use a bit of sticky tape to hold the end down in the centre .

There its of my chest and i feel better for it

 

[Ajax Bay]

Both ways of wrapping bar tape are equally valid. So the previous owner has done it right. Do you get wound up by people hanging the loo paper roll the 'wrong' way round as well?
If the bar tape's been put on wrong, then just don't buy the bike: it's a deal breaker.

 

[biggs682]

Both ways of wrapping bar tape are equally valid. So the previous owner has done it right. Do you get wound up by people hanging the loo paper roll the 'wrong' way round as well?
If the bar tape's been put on wrong, then just don't buy the bike: it's a deal breaker.

must admit i do prefer it if the loo paper hangs at the front of the roll rather than against the wall

i think its the use of the sticky tape as much as the way its wrapped but its easily sorted

 

[jefmcg]

I learnt how to wrap bars from Professor Google. Every instruction I have found starts are the bar end. It didn't even occur to me you could wrap it any other way. Just checked the first five links for road bike bar wrap instructions, and they were all starting at the bar ends.

OTOH, toilet paper should always be over not under. No room for compromise there!

 

[MichaelW2]

If you wrap from the centre outwards, the overlap is on the wrong side and as your hands slip forward on the tops, the exposed edge will roll forwards. The professional way is from the ends to the centre.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

One of the things that winds me up whenever i buy a new to me bike is how the previous owner wraps the bars .

I like to do mine from the centre outwards but it winds me when people do it outwards to centre and then use a bit of sticky tape to hold the end down in the centre .

There its of my chest and i feel better for it

You are wrong, your way destroys the bar tape quicker.

 

[midlife]

Not as bad as when the frame arrives and the seat post is jammed / welded to the frame......................

Shaun

 

[ianrauk]

Always start from the bar ends...

 

[EltonFrog]

It has never occurred to me to start at the middle. What are the advantages of doing that?

 

[jefmcg]

It has never occurred to me to start at the middle. What are the advantages of doing that?

This seems to answer why you would and why you shouldn't quite well

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OrKpze98jc


(sorry @biggs682, I'll try never to sell you a used bike )

 

[biggs682]

It has never occurred to me to start at the middle. What are the advantages of doing that?

i just think it looks neater

 

[winjim]

If I bought a second hand bike I'd probably want to rewrap the bars anyway

 

[raleighnut]

I always wrap from the centre out but as I use cloth (Velox) tape it'll end up looking 'scruffy' within a couple of months (or days DAMHIKT ) anyway, Handlebar 'tape' is just there to give yer gloves something to grip on anyway

 

[Gravity Aided]

I just use sports tape and rewrap every few months

 

[DEFENDER01]

I am no expert on bar tape but there is certainly a right & wrong way to hang loo paper.
If i go round someones house and its facing the wall i turn it round.