Help with bar tape - end plug hell
Like a lot of you, I try to do my own home brew maintenance and try to do my best.
I'm failing miserably. How do you get the bartape to sit nicely within the bar plug? I keep getting an ugly tab that sticks out.. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...a25110d299.jpg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...4cd32bb982.jpg https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...0d1d953606.jpg |
^ this. I actually trim an angled piece from the beginning end, so that the first wrap starts at ~5/16" and gets wider for about 3" until it is full width. That way, there's no thickness resulting from the initial turn around the bar end. The plug fits flush against the trimmed edge of the tape.
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I hadn't wrapped a bar in twenty years so and If you don't do it often you lose your skill for doing it well and the little do's and don't you learn with experience. This video gave some good thoughts and considerations when I needed to wrap the bars for my Paramount back circa 2016, this was the most helpful vid for me.
https://www.parktool.com/blog/repair...tion-drop-bars Little long, sometimes he goes off on tangents I don't care about, but in general the most all around informative at the time that I found. The wrap I put on my Paramount back then still looks good. |
I find the best tool is a large rubber mallet, sometimes it takes a few tries, just stuff the excess into the bar, if it’s a lot, I’ll trim it a bit.
Better quality plugs help too, I throw away, the ones that come with the tape, I use the Cinelli ones, but others work well too. Both pics are 3mm padded tape installations. Tim https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...7d6c1b5b0.jpeg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...4b8f06e10.jpeg |
I start at the end of the bar, cutting the end of the tape at an angle. wrap so the edge of the tape is flush with the end of the bar, no tucking needed. I use aluminum plugs with an expanding wedge instead of the press-in plastic bits.
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tried more overhang material? maybe 1/4" more will solve the issue then bring out the rubber mallet.
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I do at least one full wrap with the tape half overhanging the end of the bar. This gives me more tape to tuck inside the bar, and I can tuck all the way around.
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Originally Posted by shelbyfv
(Post 21895467)
With thicker bar tape, I prefer to wrap it flush with the end rather than try to tuck it. The lip on the cap covers the bare end of the bar. All nice and tidy, no unsightly bulge.
Originally Posted by Phil_gretz
(Post 21895477)
^ this. I actually trim an angled piece from the beginning end, so that the first wrap starts at ~5/16" and gets wider for about 3" until it is full width. That way, there's no thickness resulting from the initial turn around the bar end. The plug fits flush against the trimmed edge of the tape.
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Originally Posted by SapInMyBlood
(Post 21895414)
Like a lot of you, I try to do my own home brew maintenance and try to do my best.
I'm failing miserably. How do you get the bartape to sit nicely within the bar plug? I keep getting an ugly tab that sticks out.. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...a25110d299.jpg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...4cd32bb982.jpg https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...0d1d953606.jpg |
Originally Posted by Koyote
(Post 21896221)
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?
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Originally Posted by Koyote
(Post 21896221)
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?
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I use carpet tape to hold the end until the bar is wrapped. I then cut it square and use this type of plug. Problem solved.
Amazon.com : Domain Cycling Aluminum Bike Handlebar Bar End Plugs, Expanding Adjustable Locking Caps, Road Bicycle Grip Mountain BMX MTB Fixie (Black) : Sports & Outdoors |
Originally Posted by davidad
(Post 21896419)
I use carpet tape to hold the end until the bar is wrapped. I then cut it square and use this type of plug. Problem solved.
Amazon.com : Domain Cycling Aluminum Bike Handlebar Bar End Plugs, Expanding Adjustable Locking Caps, Road Bicycle Grip Mountain BMX MTB Fixie (Black) : Sports & Outdoors |
Originally Posted by cxwrench
(Post 21896437)
Are you wrapping backwards...I mean from the top down to the drops?
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Originally Posted by davidad
(Post 21896460)
I wrap from the bottom up as per the Park method.
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Originally Posted by '02 nrs
(Post 21895971)
tried more overhang material? maybe 1/4" more will solve the issue then bring out the rubber mallet.
DWYWTD Ben |
Originally Posted by cxwrench
(Post 21896494)
What do you need the tape for then?
Similar to these. Handlebar Plugs - Nitto, Silver – Rivendell Bicycle Works (rivbike.com) |
Originally Posted by davidad
(Post 21896587)
It holds the handle bar tape in place until I am finished. I then cut the excess flush with the bar end and install the plugs. I don't have fancy ones I use old fashion rubber ones.
Similar to these. Handlebar Plugs - Nitto, Silver – Rivendell Bicycle Works (rivbike.com) |
Originally Posted by Koyote
(Post 21896221)
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?
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Thanks for all the help guys! It sounds like I'll employ an exacto knife and trim it down to shape. Currently, I'm not envisioning any way that the little flap wouldn't occur while it's folded inside. No matter what there will be a crossover from the folded bit to the outside wrap
Will report back in a bit! |
You've probably already cut it, but Calvin Jones' demo in wrapping bars reminds me to stretch the hell out of the tape at the end of the bar, so that it puckers into the hole. Stretch and wrap as tight as you can there, even if you won't be wrapping the rest of the bars with white-knuckle force.
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I wrap the tape flush and use Nitto plugs which clamp in place.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...bd8ccc9db.jpeg |
Originally Posted by Unca_Sam
(Post 21897267)
You've probably already cut it, but Calvin Jones' demo in wrapping bars reminds me to stretch the hell out of the tape at the end of the bar, so that it puckers into the hole. Stretch and wrap as tight as you can there, even if you won't be wrapping the rest of the bars with white-knuckle force.
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Originally Posted by cxwrench
(Post 21897385)
Don't do that with DSP Lizard Skins and some other tapes...you'll instantly turn a $40.00 job into an $80.00 job.
OP's tape is EVA backed PU tape, and similar to Supacaz Sticky Kush tape. Stretching for install is advised. Calvin's advice here is to take a piece of tape before wrapping and pulling on it to see how much stretch it can take before installing, since cheaper EVA/cork tapes will tear before EVA/PU tapes will. |
Originally Posted by SapInMyBlood
(Post 21897108)
Thanks for all the help guys! It sounds like I'll employ an exacto knife and trim it down to shape. Currently, I'm not envisioning any way that the little flap wouldn't occur while it's folded inside. No matter what there will be a crossover from the folded bit to the outside wrap
Will report back in a bit! |
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