Originally Posted by
fillthecup
Interesting stuff. I've been using cushy Bontrager foam/gel tape. It's wrapped outside to in, starting from the bar-ends. Drop bars on a Trek 520, with clean handlebar surface beneath. Still, it keeps shifting and moving out of position, forcing me to rewrap it every two months or so. Lately it has started to tear.
I think outside to in may be part of the problem... I find a lot less unraveling with inside to out, as I mentioned above.
Originally Posted by
fillthecup
I think I'll try cork tape this time around, with the electrical tape trick moxfyre recommended. If I decide I need the cushiness I'll just wear cushy gloves or something.
One correction: that Nashbar tape I recommended is NOT cork. It is synthetic/foam/gel, whatever you call it. Feels cork-ish though, and pretty durable, but real cork tape may be even better.