Originally Posted by
Koyote
I'm trying to envision this. Do you need to use a small piece of adhesive tape to attach the end to the bar? Or do you just run the first wrap tightly around itself?
Never bothered cutting a taper in the tape to start, just hold the end at 6 o'clock and wrap from there which does result in a small bulge but I like having it at the end and envision it being useful should my hand slip back even though that's never happened. Taping down the start isn't something I've ever needed to do with my bikes, I did do it for the 30 track bikes I did that are all ridden by kids, turns out when they get dropped a lot they start unraveling.