CrowSeph

Seems to be usefull to use the tape in reserve direction (sticky way to the tape) for preventing the tape unroll itself when it become damaged.
But to be honest , i never had this issue in a lot of years...
Maybe is usefull to those novices or for cyclocross since seems more common to fall.... i think

Ty0604

Not sure you understand how much glue residue was left. Took 45 minutes to clean it off. Must have been the bartape I'd used before. My sister had hers taken off and new put on in less time than it took me to clean the residue off mine.

What year? Mine is a 2011 3.0 model. Love it.

Thanks for the input everyone else. There's no right or wrong way to do it I guess. It'll make my life easier next time I have to change it though!

fietsbob

On my bar end shifted top mount Brake CX type bike , There are tape strips to hold the housing down & in position,
but not a whole roll worth , used like the OP , If going to that effort , a roll of Hockey/friction/gaffers tape would be better ..

sticky 1st layer is a Good Base , You could even use cotton handlebar tape , You don't even have to overlap it . save that for the top layer ..

a short strip of cotton tape , lengthways around the curve up top has been used
so the wrapped tape which may not have an adhesive backing , won't develop gaps over time..

Dave Cutter

I was thinking mine was a 2010. I bought it new... in late August. It was my 1st new bike since the late 50's.

Ty0604

That's awesome. A quick look at Fuji's website shows they made the same color scheme in 2010 & 2011. At least. Didn't check other years. I don't think they make the Newest anymore, do they?

Dave Cutter

I thought they did. I saw a new one on the trails not long ago. I often put a rack and trunk bag on mine too. I have other bikes... my daily rider is now a Trek 1.1 (2014). But I've logged over 8800 miles on the Fuji.

Ty0604

I'll have to check into the new ones!

I have ~13,000 miles on this bike. Several tours including a 5,177 mile trip from Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine in 2016. I'll be leaving February 15th for the Southern Tier so she'll have another ~3,200 on it by summer. Most of the bike is still original. It's gone through a single tube, a rear axle, a few tires, a few sets of brakes, two chains and one cable change but that's all. I also upgraded the cassette to give myself more gearing.

I leave the rack on permanently since it's been treated with Loctite. The weight doesn't bother me enough when the rack is empty.

You're the first I've met with the same Fuji in this color.

I only have this bike now. I had a Spin and a Trek 7.1 FX but been downsizing over the past few years.

genec

Why clean off the old residue... doesn't make the new tape stick better?

I don't recall ever cleaning bars before retaping.

GravelMN

I don't prewrap my bars but to hold the cables in the proper positions I'll use a few wraps of silicone self-fusing tape, zero residue and tacky enough to make sure the tape over the top doesn't move. It also works well as an alternative to electrical tape for finishing your bar wrap.

Ty0604

It makes the bartape uneven if it's not cleaned to a certain point.

fietsbob

Back in the 80's shimano included a plastic 'caterpillar' with Aero brake levers to make the tape wrap a little smoother.

and a double ended housing ferrule, So you could leave the under tape housing alone and just replace the exposed portion as needed..

ClydeTim

I've used a few bar tapes that have no glue at all. I'm guessing it was Profile brand tape has no adhesive backing.

fietsbob

There is Gel backed Foam bar-tape , its more a non slip than adding cushion strip.

AlexCyclistRoch

I always pre-wrap with cloth friction tape.

Ty0604

It was Fi'zi:k brand

scott967

Same here, so-called "sport tape". In particular on the drops. I haven't removed it, just pull off the bar tape and apply fresh over it.

scott s.
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nycphotography

why pick the glue residue off? just put the new tape right over it.

electrical tape is a bad idea overall because it stretches and then slides around over time. bar tape is more stable when stuck directly to the bars.

Nachoman

Impressive!

Ty0604

Bar tape is uneven with too much residue on the bars. Not necessary glue but pieces of the old bar tape that stayed on the bars.

Thanks! Routine maintenance goes a long ways!

Marcus_Ti

Expensive tape to use for something unnecessary

trailangel

I keep forgetting that bicycle riders are really cheap.

martianone

I've done this with hockey stick tape. Have to get the hockey tape perfectly smooth and flat, cork tape overlays nicely and it seems to lay smoother longer and is less affected by handle bar bashes. It does add a slight bulk to handlebar, that was the initial reason I tried it- to fatten the handlebar slightly for my large hands.

fastk9dad

I was thinking similar, use some "Goo-gone" and it will remove in short order. There usually isn't enough residue on the bars for me to even give it a second thought.

Marcus_Ti

Naw...Gaff is just a highly prized and frequently rare commodity. $250 per 24-roll case is not to be used for non-necessities. Least my boss gets grumpy about buying more cases of black-gold.

Further, long term it leaves gunk on surfaces after heat/sweat.

T Stew

I've heard this is something racers often do so if a bar wrap gets cut in a crash or swipe or whatever that it doesn't all unravel as it's stuck to the tape on each side of the cut. But it has to be inside out for that, if the residue is on the bar then I suppose it is not that.