Originally Posted by
xyzzy834
Get it at your local hardware store. It comes in Black, Blue, Brown, Gray, Green, Orange, Red, Violet, White, and Yellow. I have a selection of colors at home to choose from to match or coordinate with the bar tape color.
It's stretchy, so it conforms well to contours of the tape end. Don't go wild stretching it and it sticks down very well. I've never had it come loose or become sticky. I didn't know people used anything else.
+ eleventy bazillion
The finishing tape that comes in the box is just another one of those cycling related things I just throw away. (Along with valve nuts and caps.)