Originally Posted by
Salamandrine
Traditionally, the end is tucked in. However, if you are starting from the bottom, it isn't really necessary. In the days when cotton tape was king, most people taped starting from the top, and tucking in the loose end at the bottom was normal.
Yeah, back in the day, we started at the top, so you could just hide the tape end in the bar end and be done with it, but I’ve been in the habit of taping from the bottom lately. Actually, the twine thing is kinda fun and less sticky in summer heat than electrical tape.
This go around, I taped from the bottom to the brake hood and stopped on the outside of the hood, cut the tape and then started from there, right next to it under the outside of the hood, going under and then wrapping the ramp and top in the same way as if I had gone around the hood on the inside.
Hope that makes sense. Somehow that seems easier with cloth tape than going around the inside, like I would with cork tape. Cloth tape handles differently.
Otto