My recommendation is do not tuck. If you are afraid it's going to unravel, and want to avoid that, then have somebody who has done it many times wrap your bars for you. The more times you do it the better you will get at it.
Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at 4:54:53 PM UTC-7, Lee Legrand wrote: > > Hi Bill, > > What you last mentioned I did not think of until I finally finish putting > everything together. I was rebuilding this bicycle and put all the parts > together and said, well, now it is time to wrap the bars and realize that > all the video's are wrapped with handlebars without bar end silver > shifters. If I follow the recommendations in the video's, it would appear > I need to remove the bar end shifters just to wrap them and then, tuck, > them into the bar end with shifters but as I mentioned before, they are > thick and probably would have issues just putting that cork wrap in and > keeping it tight since it is a wedge connection. I am not sure how secure > it would be, or if I am being a little to conservative, if I do as > recommended by not tucking it in and using a razor blade to cut the > access. I do not want them to unravel down the road if I did not tuck it > in. > > On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 7:05 PM, Bill Lindsay <tape...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I use cloth tape exclusively now, but I wrapped many hundreds or >> thousands of bars with chubby tape (cork and fake-cork variants) in my past >> life working at bike shops. With chubby tape, I recommend you still start >> at the bottom and that you still do not tuck any in the end. It's natural >> to want to avoid that bulge on the end, so you do one of two things. >> >> 1. Overhang the first half-wrap or so AS IF you were going to tuck it >> in. Don't tuck it in. When you are done, use a sharp xacto blade to slice >> it off. >> 2. Cut a wedge shaped end to your tape, so it's got a nice cut edge to >> line up with the end of the bar on that first wrap around. >> >> I always wrap the bars with the barcon shifters OUT. If you insist on >> wrapping the bars with the barcon shifters installed, then you should use >> method #2. >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> >> On Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at 12:43:35 PM UTC-7, Lee Legrand wrote: >>> >>> I have seen that one, Bob and Wally, but I wanted to know if people did >>> that using cork wrap tape. That is thicker than the canvas cloth used in >>> the video. >>> >>> On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Wally Estrella <wallye...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Same here. I don't do it enough to remember it and getting to old to >>>> try ;) >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at 1:57:31 PM UTC-4, Bob K. wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I watch this video from Riv every time I wrap bars: >>>>> >>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO8DcaOJzrA >>>>> >>>>> Bob K. in Baltimore >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
