My eyeball method typically takes the width of the bar tape itself, and then overlap each successive wrap by somewhere between 1/3 or 1/4 of the overall width. The overlap will be tighter on the inside of bends, but if you try to keep that same overlap in the straight sections, and the outside of any bends, it usually works out. If your tape has a strip of adhesive backing, I use that as a guide - trying to make sure at least some of that adhesive touches the surface of the bar on each wrap. Hopefully this makes sense... it's a bit hard to explain without visuals.
Brian Lexington KY On Tue, Jun 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM George Schick <[email protected]> wrote: > Let's say that you've purchased a couple of rolls of bar tape for your > bike. You begin wrapping at the plug end of the bar on one side, around > the brake lever handle, and on toward the stem and *whoops* you come up > short. Or, you come up long with lots of extra tape left over by spacing > too far apart. Given the length of bar to be wrapped and the amount of > tape available is there a standard rule-of-thumb for wrapping the bars with > an estimate of even spacing so that one doesn't run short or with too much > extra? > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/921c6e38-2d71-4087-9b60-db038c62f74an%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/921c6e38-2d71-4087-9b60-db038c62f74an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAMKavSAk%3DVaAg-3QUBd0YxVkstg0LY6_aSVnEzNzdwrNWOwJHw%40mail.gmail.com.
