Ron, what is your tape of choice, if you have one? John
On Wednesday, June 10, 2026 at 4:17:52 AM UTC-7 Ron Mc wrote: > All my bars are wrapped in leather, and I always end up with 3" to 6" to > cut at the end. > One nice thing about leather, the width of the narrower adhesive strip > makes a great guide to get you started. > Always stretch leather, and straight runs get about 1/3 overlap so most of > the adhesive tape sticks to the bar. > You're going to have to overlap more on bends, and stretch much harder. > Good thing about more overlap on bends, your hands work the leather harder > on bends. > > [image: Zp9EPua.jpg] > [image: evOnAaH.jpg] > [image: TcTAfFr.jpg] > > On Tuesday, June 9, 2026 at 10:24:48 PM UTC-5 Philip Williamson wrote: > >> Two of the methods here are correct. >> >> 1. Overlap consistently by about 1/3 or 1/4, or run the adhesive strip on >> the bar up against the edge of the tape you just put down. >> 2. Wrap lots of bars. >> >> The math method probably works too. >> >> Philip in CA >> >> >> On Tuesday, June 9, 2026 at 1:05:46 PM UTC-7 George Schick 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/17b1dc12-7f7e-4f03-9a13-7e631540ce5dn%40googlegroups.com.
