Padded tape is the easiest to do as the padding in the middle creates a perfect guide for a relatively uniform wrap. If there is a sticky tape underneath you can always wrap it first to test without peeling it. if it's a all sticky like I suppose Newbaums is then I can't help you other than get some extra to practice on and not concerned it you have to toss it. I've also been unhappy with a padded tape job with the sticky underside removed, and carefully undid it and did it again. The adhesive takes a while to set so it taken off it still has enough to sick for a redo.
BTW, I begin the tape job flush with the end of the bar, without the bar end plug. It's of no concern to the tape job, it's an accessory thrown in after the tape job. On Tuesday, June 9, 2026 at 5:55:33 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > 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/a8849a2b-6b29-4fc1-b726-6ebe4d24517cn%40googlegroups.com.
