Worth a watch: Building Romain Bardet's Tour de France Bike

[xlbs]

Back to the tape...that is the way I was taught to wrap bars.

If you wrap from the top to the bar end the edges of the tape will unravel from hand action.

The way he wrapped the edges will compress and flatten with hand action, and will tighten the wrap over time.

[fourflys]

Originally Posted by xlbs

Back to the tape...that is the way I was taught to wrap bars.

If you wrap from the top to the bar end the edges of the tape will unravel from hand action.

The way he wrapped the edges will compress and flatten with hand action, and will tighten the wrap over time.

I think the previous comment might have been referring to the wrapping toward the middle of the bike instead of inside to outside. I was taught inside to outside as that's how your hands will likely work the tape (hand action as you refer to above).

unless I misunderstood something of course..

[AngryScientist]

Originally Posted by spoonrobot

The tools are impressive, the rest of their service course is probably pretty eye opening as well.

These are fairly old but they've stuck in my mind since I first saw them. Racing from the back end is such a staggering amount of people and stuff.

https://cyclingtips.com/tag/service-course/

Some cool photos in there, thanks.

[reuben]

Originally Posted by xlbs

If you wrap from the top to the bar end the edges of the tape will unravel from hand action.

I've never had this happen in 30 years. Not even close.

[prototoast]

Originally Posted by xlbs

Back to the tape...that is the way I was taught to wrap bars.

If you wrap from the top to the bar end the edges of the tape will unravel from hand action.

The way he wrapped the edges will compress and flatten with hand action, and will tighten the wrap over time.

He wraps it the way I would wrap it above the shifter, but opposite to how I would wrap it below the shifter.

[windsurfer]

I like how he cuts the steer tube right away without test fitting. It is like he has done this before.

[witcombusa]

Originally Posted by Veloo

I don’t grease my freehub splines.
I grease the cap threads but that’s it.

Does anyone here put grease before installing a cassette?

Always!

[KJMUNC]

Originally Posted by reuben

I've never had this happen in 30 years. Not even close.

I've never had them unravel, but when wrapped outside->inside and front->back, the tape tightens when you are on the tops and rotating your hands back/down with a strong grip....vs. potentially loosening the other way.

But I've also done it wrong and not had time to re-wrap and I didn't die, so it's mostly aesthetic

[thwart]

Originally Posted by witcombusa

Always!

I would as well if I rode Shimano hubs very often, with their shallow freehub splines. You may very well need all the help you can get when it’s time to remove that cassette.

Campy hubs, on the other hand… no. I’ve never had any difficulty removing or mounting a cassette, sans grease.

Less mess.

[fourflys]

Originally Posted by KJMUNC

I've never had them unravel, but when wrapped outside->inside and front->back, the tape tightens when you are on the tops and rotating your hands back/down with a strong grip....vs. potentially loosening the other way.

But I've also done it wrong and not had time to re-wrap and I didn't die, so it's mostly aesthetic

I guess I see me rotating my hands the other way if I was really getting it.. to each their own for sure!

[sailorboy]

While I too can appreciate all of the technology that goes into that bike, and the skill of that mech, I think it is absolutely fugly (no offense to scott, they're all like that now) and I can say with some confidence that I'd never buy/ride something like that.

Now time to go back outside and continue yelling at clouds.

[fourflys]

Originally Posted by sailorboy

While I too can appreciate all of the technology that goes into that bike, and the skill of that mech, I think it is absolutely fugly (no offense to scott, they're all like that now) and I can say with some confidence that I'd never buy/ride something like that.

Now time to go back outside and continue yelling at clouds.

I know the feeling.. I've been agonizing over buying a Cervelo Caledonia, but just can't close the deal in my brain.. I keep going back to a the idea of a "traditional" steel or Ti bike that will take a 28/30mm tire.. maybe discs, but not really sure at this point..

[m_sasso]

Originally Posted by thwart

I would as well if I rode Shimano hubs very often, with their shallow freehub splines. You may very well need all the help you can get when it’s time to remove that cassette.

Campy hubs, on the other hand… no. I’ve never had any difficulty removing or mounting a cassette, sans grease.

Less mess.

Little to do with ease of removing and mostly to do with eliminating creaking between spacers, cogs and freehub even with a correctly torqued lock ring.

[fa63]

I lightly grease them; not as much as the mechanic put in the video though.

Originally Posted by Veloo

I don’t grease my freehub splines.
I grease the cap threads but that’s it.

Does anyone here put grease before installing a cassette?

[m_sasso]

Originally Posted by thwart

I would as well if I rode Shimano hubs very often, with their shallow freehub splines. You may very well need all the help you can get when it’s time to remove that cassette.

Campy hubs, on the other hand… no. I’ve never had any difficulty removing or mounting a cassette, sans grease.

Less mess.

Little to do with ease of removing cassette and mostly to do with eliminating creaking between cassette spacers, cogs and freehub even with a correctly torqued lock ring.