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Old 09-22-01, 07:17 AM
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Bikinguy, you beat me to it! My Cinelli RWB Stars and Stripes came yesterday, but I haven't put it on yet. I got it from Chicagoland Bikes website, cbike.com.

D*Alex, I think wrapping stem to end used to be the standard. Now everyone seems to wrap end to stem because it puts the overlap in better position. Before I did my first wrap I checked every picture I could find in bike mags that were clear enough to tell the wrap direction. On pros' bikes only one of about 30 was wrapped stem to to end.

My first wrap went great and is doing well. I did have to unwrap to straighten out a couple of spots that weren't done well, but that was my doing. You do need to keep it taut and very slightly stretched.
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