[RBW] Re: Your method of going around brake levers with cloth bar tape?
I just wrap it around as best I can and then just try to not spend too much time staring at the back of the brake levers! On Friday, June 7, 2013 8:06:29 PM UTC-4, jinxed wrote: > > I picked up some Newbaums tape recently with plans to try cloth...once > again. I've done this a few times in the past with different bars, but > never been happy with the result for two reasons. First off I found it too > thin for comfort, and on top of that could never get it wrapped well around > the levers. I always ended up with gaps in one place and all bunched up in > others. This really bugs me because I pride myself with normal cork wrap. I > can wrap super clean and even with the "cheater" piece or without using the > figure eight approach. Using the narrow, less stretchy cloth I end up with > a mess. Ive tried adding a cheater, and even a double figure eight that > just created a big mass. > > I have been mentally preparing a plan of attack while waiting on my > repaint. I'm going back to my tried and true mustache bar with old dia-comp > non-aero levers. My thinking was this: If I tighten down the levers on the > bar, then place some tape over the clamp to hold it in place while I back > off the lever body completely, I would have a much smaller obstacle to wrap > around with the cloth. Could I essentially leave the threaded portion of > the clamp sticking out and then bolt the body back down on top of it once > done? I plan to pre wrap the ends of the bar up to the levers with some > left over cateye cloth to solve the cush issue. The nittos plethora of > curves dont help this issue, but the smaller bodies of the old diacomp do a > little. FYI, I do not wrap the shifter cables coming from the bar ends, I > just leave them dangle. > > Dumb idea? Anyone have a better technique for going around the brake lever > body bolted in place? Pictures, procedures, postulations? Oh and before you > suggest it, I attempted the Jim Varnum harlequin method onceyea...took > me a few beers and some therapy to get over that episode in the garage. > (ok...the therapy was a joke. the beers weren't.) > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: Your method of going around brake levers with cloth bar tape?
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[RBW] Re: Your method of going around brake levers with cloth bar tape?
Some good advice here. Another top tip for troublesome cloth: soak it in water before you wrap. It helps it stretch, lay flat (not bunch and kink as much), and as it dries, it shrinks a bit so it's nice and tight. BTW, I only do this if I'm having trouble with a particular brand of tape, and/or bar shape. I usually try to wrap it dry first, and if I end up with lumps, etc, I'll unwrap entire side, throw it in the sink for a quick soak, and re-wrap. Works for me. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: Your method of going around brake levers with cloth bar tape?
The Riv video shows the upper section being done from the brake lever up. Recently I tried ending both sections at the brake lever and found that it really works well. It makes the hemp twine thing unnecessary, but you can still do it just for looks. It works really well for a harlequin weave. For a single color, just be sure that you wrap the two sections in opposite directions, so the tape arrives at the brake lever on each side. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: Your method of going around brake levers with cloth bar tape?
The riv video way is the way I've always done it when I rode drops ("cheater
strips" at the brake clamps and starting from the ends and finishing at the
stem, then twine or tape). Trying to work with cloth around the brakes without
using the strips a PIA or next to impossible (at least for my limited skills).
There are multiple ways to deal with bar tape though. Two separate strips going
opposite ways and finishing at the brake lever, harlequin patterns with
two-tone tape or the same color, etc. I've also started at the stem and
finished at the bar ends wrh some success but that takes work and trial and
error to secure with the barend shifter--and still leaves the brake covering
challenge. I think that this is one of things that doesn't have just one
correct answer.
Perry
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[RBW] Re: Your method of going around brake levers with cloth bar tape?
This makes sense for non-aero brake levers, which the OP is using. For aero brake levers would a similar approach work? David On Friday, June 7, 2013 8:50:01 PM UTC-5, Jan Heine wrote: > > Traditionally, bars were wrapped under the brake levers. You mount the > brake levers on the bare bars to get the location correct. Then you take > the levers off the clamps, and wrap the bars over the clamps. Attach the > brake levers again, and done. It's neat and clean, and doesn't have the > bunched-up feel that you get when you criss-cross the cork tape around the > brake levers. The cloth tape is strong enough that it won't be cut when you > tighten the brake levers against it. (It probably wouldn't work with cork > tape.) > > If you plan to shellac, also do this before you attach the brake levers, > so you don't get shellac all over the hoods. > > Jan Heine > Editor > Bicycle Quarterly > http://www.bikequarterly.com > > Follow our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.com/ > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: Your method of going around brake levers with cloth bar tape?
I think it's harder to lift the brakes off the bar, ahead of taping, when one also has "aero" brakes, with their cables taped down to the bars. Not impossible, but harder. The thing I learned to do is just practice with a scrap roll of cloth tape... practice can lead to muscle memory, if not logical understanding of the topological "twists" of wrapping. It's possible to get a neat wrap with a figure-8 around the hoods, but also possible to anticipate the natural flow of the tape and place a 3-inch strip to cover the gaps that might otherwise be left. - Andrew, Berkeley -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: Your method of going around brake levers with cloth bar tape?
> > This is how RBW does it. 2 sections of tape with an offset lever > clamp strip. Scroll down to the handlebar tape and twine video. > Note how the lever clamp strip is placed offset around the brake lever clamp. http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/twine.htm -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: Your method of going around brake levers with cloth bar tape?
Excellent news!! Thank you guys so much. It made sense in my mind. I'll dig through my readers for grins. Not sure if I have em that far back but I bet I'll read something entertaining I forgot. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: Your method of going around brake levers with cloth bar tape?
> > One of the Rivendell readers has a picture spread showing how to do it > this way. I think somewhere between Reader 0 -20 > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: Your method of going around brake levers with cloth bar tape?
Traditionally, bars were wrapped under the brake levers. You mount the brake levers on the bare bars to get the location correct. Then you take the levers off the clamps, and wrap the bars over the clamps. Attach the brake levers again, and done. It's neat and clean, and doesn't have the bunched-up feel that you get when you criss-cross the cork tape around the brake levers. The cloth tape is strong enough that it won't be cut when you tighten the brake levers against it. (It probably wouldn't work with cork tape.) If you plan to shellac, also do this before you attach the brake levers, so you don't get shellac all over the hoods. Jan Heine Editor Bicycle Quarterly http://www.bikequarterly.com Follow our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.com/ -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
