Originally Posted by
Brad L
I’m finishing up the refurbishment of a 1959 Fiorelli and the last bit to do is wrapping the bars. However, since I’ve been unable to locate a set of hoods for the Balilla Model 59 brake levers, would you wrap the lever bodies with bar tape or leave them bare? I have a set of Vittoria hoods but they don’t fit the bulge under the adjuster.
If I wrap them, is there a technique that would be period correct?
Maybe trim the Vittoria hoods or purchase a set of repops from
iab? I have the same levers on my Frejus, currently sans hoods. I have a set of David's hoods waiting for me to pick up (was expecting to have ridden out there by now, but that has yet to happen). I figured I'd need to trim them.
The other alternative would be to include the lever bodies in the wrapping process. I imagine if you have a relatively narrow bar (<40cm) and use Newbaum's tape (longer than Tressostar), you should have enough to add a bit of tape to the body itself and still make it to the end. I suck at wrapping handlebars though, so I have no idea what sort of loop-dee-loop wrapping would work.