Originally Posted by
frpax
I'd never heard of this method... I'll have to give that a try some time. But since I spend so little time on the drops, starting at the bar end, and ending at the stem has always worked really well for me. As for tape, I'll often use colored electrical tape to finish it off. Of course, the color would be some sort of matching/contrasting color.
There. My inner Fred is rearing his ugly head again!
Don't remember if I figured it out myself or learned from someone else that way of wrappng the bar tape, but it sure works well to keep it all in place for a long time.
I never had problems with using black electircal tape at the stem because the tape matches or works well my bikes which were all grey, black and white. Anyway, if you have to match a cerain primary colored bike, there are electrical tapes of different colrs available.
Chombi