Thread: I suck at wrapping handlebars.
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Old 07-18-19 | 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Lascauxcaveman
Heh. Wrap from the top down, and the only finishing is putting the plugs in the bar ends

But I did put some unnecessary "finishing" on my Raleigh by adding an underlayer of complimentary colored hockey tape (again, wrapped top down):

Yeah, I wrap top down too, cause that’s the way the shop mech showed me back in the 70s, when I asked how.
Love the underlying tape idea, will try that in my next cloth tape wrap.
Tim
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