Thread: Wrapping Handlebars - Which direction?
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Old 06-08-10 | 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Rocknificent
Park Tool had a pretty good tutorial on handlebar wrapping. They explain why they wrap the direction the do in it (so that it doesn't loosen etc.)

http://parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=71
In the first series of pictures they're wrapping in the wrong direction, and the completed wrap jobs are laughably bad.

AndrewP got it right, but I don't think it's necessary to "reverse direction" at the levers. Just do a figure-8 wrap there and continue on.
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