Originally Posted by
dougmc
Perhaps you're referring to a better tape than I've used, but I've found electrical tape to not work well for this.
The problem is that the sticky part will stick to the bars fine, but if there's a force trying to slide it, it will very slowly slide. I've used plain rubber (from tubes -- rub off the shiny coating and it works better) and it works far better.
Regular electrical vinly tape are crap to use for anything that need to be held from sliding. Friction tape is like a cloth tape that has tacky sort of like adhesive on both side. It is not sticky but tacky. If wrap around each other, they will not unravel and the exposed side still have that tacky adhesive stuff on them that created things from sliding around.
Self fusing tape works best but much more expensive. Once the are wrap around each other, they are fused and does not unwrap at all without having to cut them off. The material is like a silicon rubber and not very slippery similar to tire tube but unlike tire tube where you have to join the end with patch glue, the self fussing tape does it by itself. Here are some info;
http://www.shop3m.com/80610731707.ht...-Friction-Tape
http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3...glV0PJPCJHV2bl
BTW, you can buy the friction tape at Orchard supply for couple of bucks for a roll.