Bar tape install

[stephenmarklay]

I remember seeing a write up on taking this to another level as far as detail but I cannot find it.

Does anyone have a link to something like this?

[echelon_john]

Here you go. This guy is the master of all things, including bar taping.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

[thunderworks]

Wonky link. Some guy singing . . .

[Black Dog]

I use the old inner tube trick to finish.

http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/ac209/BlackDogryka/IMG_3011_zpsrmpz0ju2.jpg

[Cicli]

Wonky link. Some guy singing . . .

You got Rick Rolled. A classic.

I did too I guess. :help:

[rwsaunders]

Tom Kellog's method is pretty awesome. I'll see if I can find a video.

http://www.spectrum-cycles.com/mechanical.php

[regularguy412]

Try this one. Only one I could think of, off hand. Not sure if it works with 'regular' type tape.

Mike in AR:beer:

http://www.wastedlife.org/bike/harlequin/index.html

[OtayBW]

Here you go. This guy is the master of all things, including bar taping.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
W.T.F. :confused:

[zmudshark]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling

[tuscanyswe]

Scroll down almost to the bottom for tape install.

http://www.sthlmess.se/merlin-build-part-ii/

[stephenmarklay]

Tom Kellog's method is pretty awesome. I'll see if I can find a video.

http://www.spectrum-cycles.com/mechanical.php

Thank you!

[stephenmarklay]

Scroll down almost to the bottom for tape install.

http://www.sthlmess.se/merlin-build-part-ii/


Thank you. This is about what I have done for years. Works looks decent and never fails.

However, I have seen some people really take to to an art level and I wanted to try to do a little better!

[stephenmarklay]

I use the old inner tube trick to finish.

http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/ac209/BlackDogryka/IMG_3011_zpsrmpz0ju2.jpg


That looks good.

[Ronsonic]

I use the old inner tube trick to finish.

http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/ac209/BlackDogryka/IMG_3011_zpsrmpz0ju2.jpg

I do that, too, now. Learned it here. Works great.:banana:

[stephenmarklay]

So you put a small section on under the finish, roll it back and tape it?

[Black Dog]

So you put a small section on under the finish, roll it back and tape it?

I use a 5cm (2") piece if inner tube (700 25c) that I slide up the handle bar. You have to remove the brake levers, but only once. I run the tape over 1/2 of the piece of tube then fold the tube back over the tape. You have to run the cables under the tube. It gives a very clean finish. You can put the finish tape that comes with the bar tape if you wish or some coloured electrical tape.

[stephenmarklay]

I use a 5cm (2") piece if inner tube (700 25c) that I slide up the handle bar. You have to remove the brake levers, but only once. I run the tape over 1/2 of the piece of tube then fold the tube back over the tape. You have to run the cables under the tube. It gives a very clean finish. You can put the finish tape that comes with the bar tape if you wish or some coloured electrical tape.

Thanks. That was what I thought. Nice finishing technique.

[carpediemracing]

I do the "stretch the electrical tape just a bit" to finish the end. Then a lap of untensioned tape so it's even. I realized as I read the posts that this is mainly because most of the tape I did was re-wraps of customer bikes, therefore I wanted to get it done in 3-5 minutes if possible. This precludes too much extra effort. Plus for a while I put new tape on my bike almost weekly and basically detailed my bike nightly. Now? I haven't put new tape on my bike since sometimes in 2014, although I've tried to neaten up the tape on there a few times.

http://sprinterdellacasa.blogspot.com/2007/11/how-to-handlebar-tape.html

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TbmplkIYLx8/RzsSD_ZakvI/AAAAAAAAAS8/gvK8PAw_dB4/s800/100_2792.JPG

[stephenmarklay]

I do the "stretch the electrical tape just a bit" to finish the end. Then a lap of untensioned tape so it's even. I realized as I read the posts that this is mainly because most of the tape I did was re-wraps of customer bikes, therefore I wanted to get it done in 3-5 minutes if possible. This precludes too much extra effort. Plus for a while I put new tape on my bike almost weekly and basically detailed my bike nightly. Now? I haven't put new tape on my bike since sometimes in 2014, although I've tried to neaten up the tape on there a few times.

http://sprinterdellacasa.blogspot.com/2007/11/how-to-handlebar-tape.html

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TbmplkIYLx8/RzsSD_ZakvI/AAAAAAAAAS8/gvK8PAw_dB4/s800/100_2792.JPG

Thank you very much. This is a level of detail I have not myself attempted. I will however use this to guide my new Rapha/Cinelli tape.