Taping handlebars with bar-end shifters
08-10-21, 09:42 AM
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I've started doing this, too. It works best with cloth tape and you do need full hoods to make this work (Mafac top o' the lever only hoods need not apply). I also wrap the hood area first and separately and let the main wraps just end naturally along the sides of the brake lever. Unroll the hoods back over the tape, and Bob's your uncle. Not electriciam's tape or twine needed.
Way back during the racing era, it was fresh bar tape for every race, (Eddy seemed to have that) So, taping schemes that avoided hardware manipulation was the way to go.
08-10-21, 08:00 PM
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08-11-21, 03:49 AM
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The only bike I have with bar end shifters is my Mondia and it went well. I wrap from the top down and finishing with the shifters was no harder than finishing with those cat eye plugs that use the expansion screw. I used cloth tape so it fits fine.
