This has always been the most difficult bicycle maintenance process for me..it's embarrassing.

For starters, when I wrap the end of the drops I always end up with a slightly onion shaped bar end. The bar ends don't stay in securely either. I do my best to tuck in the excess tape, but it's difficult to do.

Also, I can't seem to get the sides of the hoods to not feel hollow without using too much bar tape. The end result is a bulky feeling brake hood.

Finally, the spirals always end up in the same direction on both left and right sides. I know it's clockwise on the right side and counter-clockwise on the left, but it still ends up screwed up. I think I get confused once I get to the brake hood and start the whole figure 8 thing.

The only thing I am doing right is keeping the tape tight as I wrap it. The tape isn't budging and the spacing is good.