Originally Posted by
martl
Fat bar tape (Cinelli Cork etc.) Bottom->top, reason: see TampaRaleighs post
thin bar tape like Benotto: top->bottom, reason: clean end with the provided colour-matched plug
Works for me. I always wrapped the old thin plastic stuff top-to-bottom and the thicker self-adhesive cloth tape bottom-to-top, starting clockwise on the right and anticlockwise on the left, so that the final wrap would be forward over the top of the bar.
I did Capo #1 in sprint tape, i.e., from the bottom to the brake handle only, and it looks very period-correct. In fact, the 1962 Capo catalog depicts this treatment.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069