Originally Posted by
acape
I don't stuff the tape into the ends of the bar. Instead, I employ a trick I learned somewhere here on BF:
Before touching the bar tape, I do a few wraps of electrical tape sticky side out at the ends of the bars. Then I just start my bar tape wrap flush with the end of the bars. The electrical tape holds it in place. Then, depending on your bars and the plugs you use, you may need to wrap the plugs with a little tape to get them to stay in the ends.
I didn't have much luck with the reversed electrical tape. I'll have to try the finger in the bar end trick next time.
I've used Specialized tape, it's stretchy and has a silicone gripper strip down the middle instead of adhesive. It's easy to unwrap and rewrap.