http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Bar Taping en Wed, 13 May 2026 04:41:38 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817&page=2#post-112899 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:09:09 +0000 kaputnik 112899@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Fizik tape is excellent. Has a slight stretchiness to it which helps the wrapping process. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817&page=2#post-112892 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 22:26:54 +0000 allebong 112892@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Funny this came up - I just wrapped my first ever set of bars yesterday. Used Deda Elementi tape - £5 online. Having looked at a few blogs and photo guides on how to do it I figured it wasn't that tough but also it's the sort of thing I'd be liable to screw up. My tape came with a cover for the adhesive so I could practice wrapping it like paper to roughly gauge how it works. Took the backing off and went for it. And, unbelievably, I got it right. Not perfect, spacing is a bit inconsistent on the hooks, but there's no obvious problems. Feels rather better than a bare aluminium bar I can tell you (riding tapeless is yet another fashion among a certain demographic involving bicycles that lack a freewheeling mechanism, or so I've heard). </p> <p>My tape came as two separate rolls, one for each side, and also included the small strips for the back of the clamps, plus bar end plugs. There were also a pair of tape-like stickers that I assume were meant as tape for the ends but I used plain old electrical tape with no issues. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817&page=2#post-112890 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 22:19:35 +0000 SRD 112890@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>i really must have a go at my stoker's bars. have had tape in drawer for over a year... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817&page=2#post-112888 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 22:10:17 +0000 Kenny 112888@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sweet, thanks. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817&page=2#post-112886 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 22:01:38 +0000 wingpig 112886@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One pack does both ends of a drop bar. One packet contains two rolls.</p> <p>One day I'll get round to re-taping mine. Perhaps the next time I replace the shifter cables. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817&page=2#post-112876 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:34:08 +0000 Kenny 112876@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have plucked up the courage to replace my handlebar tape for the first time, having watched a video of it:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spZ9F5VQonw&amp;hd=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spZ9F5VQonw&amp;hd=1</a></p> <p>In fairness, it looks no more tricky than putting a new grip on a badminton racquet, which I did three times a week for many years, so I suspect I'll get on fine.</p> <p>I'm going to get Fizik Superlight, which seems to get good feedback on Wiggle.</p> <p><a href="http://www.wiggle.co.uk/fizik-superlight-classic-handlebar-tape/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wiggle.co.uk/fizik-superlight-classic-handlebar-tape/</a></p> <p>However, before ordering, it then struck me... do you order one pack, or do you need to order two since you appear to need a different roll for each side? I have almost certainly missed something in the description, but can't see it for the life of me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817&page=2#post-90757 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:28:57 +0000 wingpig 90757@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gear cables squeeze through brake lever clamp and go under the tape. They can be positioned to give your fingers somewhere to rest. Brake levers just have to protrude frontwise and loop back brakewards.<br /> <a href="http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/1847751">Finished arrangement</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817&page=2#post-90755 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:58:56 +0000 kaputnik 90755@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Would cross-top types work?<br /> </em></p> <p>No, there is nowhere to clamp a cable to them, they rely on a cable passing through them from another lever further along.</p> <p>Wingpig has a solution for bullhorn / bar-end shifter / bar-end clamp-around brakes.</p> <p>It should also be possible to use a regular integrated brifter on the end of some horns, particularly if you just saw up your old drops. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817&page=2#post-90754 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:49:17 +0000 Coxy 90754@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Wingpig: What do you do about the cables with those? Don't they mount on the wrong way? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817&page=2#post-90751 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:22:34 +0000 wingpig 90751@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote><em>Looking for ones that clamp on the outside and allow room for the bar-end friction shifters.<br /> Would cross-top types work?</em></blockquote></p> <p>@Coxy I found some <a href="http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/dia-compe-131-road-brake-levers-for-bars-238-mm-silver-prod18262/">Dia Compe</a> levers on SJS which happily mount near the bar ends in which some Ultegra friction/eight-speed-indexed shifters have been plugged. The shifters were a little too fat for a Charge Slice but fit nicely in a Zenith horn-bar (and in the upturned chopped-off drops I tested the arrangement with). Various road-drop-style levers from the Bike Station's brake lever drawer were too bulky in that position. There are a couple of <a href="http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/dia-compe-dc135-road-brake-levers-silver-prod26593/">similar</a> <a href="http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/origin8-classique-sport-alloy-touring-drop-brake-levers-prod28430/">things</a> also on SJS but the ones I bought have a little channel at the rear to allow them to almost abut the bar-end shifter's cable exit point. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817#post-90735 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:15:29 +0000 Coxy 90735@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>- hang-on. These levers are bar-end plug type one too.</p> <p>Looking for ones that clamp on the outside and allow room for the bar-end friction shifters.</p> <p>Would cross-top types work? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817#post-90734 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:12:51 +0000 Coxy 90734@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As I'm still running gears (the knees could'nae tak it, Captain) I'm thinking about the brake/gear lever options.</p> <p>One thing I thought about was the TT type levers near that clamp over the ends, with bar-end friction shifters for the gears. Like this:<br /> <a href="http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/components/brake-levers/product/review-cane-creek-200tt-levers-28802">null</a></p> <p>I understand that it's hard to get the normal dropbar dear/brake levers to sit on the upturned and chopped bars. Does anyone know whether these TT type levers would fit OK? Or am I going to have to think about getting some off-the-shelf bullhorns? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817#post-90733 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:10:44 +0000 Cyclingmollie 90733@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That looks <em>way</em> too good for muddy cyclocross. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817#post-90731 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:32:26 +0000 kaputnik 90731@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Indeed. Available in Velo Ecosse. The froglegs are Cane Creek Crosstop.</p> <p>Bearing in mind they are intended for TT use - they are slightly on the spongy side (not detrimentally so, as there's a load of clearance in there to get plenty of leverage). The crosstops are pretty firm.</p> <p>Note if you are intending on swapping over from road-type bars, these use MTB cables with a barrel end, not a bullet end like for road / STI levers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817#post-90718 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:45:29 +0000 recombodna 90718@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Look like these <a href="http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/cane-creek-cane-creek-200tt-bar-end-brake-levers-black-prod20727/?src=froogle" rel="nofollow">http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/cane-creek-cane-creek-200tt-bar-end-brake-levers-black-prod20727/?src=froogle</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817#post-90714 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:40:04 +0000 Coxy 90714@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@kaputnik: what are those brake levers? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817#post-90710 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:28:28 +0000 recombodna 90710@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.kineticshift.com/2012/tite-ends-for-the-bar" rel="nofollow">http://www.kineticshift.com/2012/tite-ends-for-the-bar</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817#post-90702 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:33:03 +0000 Stepdoh 90702@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah, not very good at that. But it'll do. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817#post-90690 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:47:07 +0000 chdot 90690@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"gel inserts"</p> <p>Hope it's bicycle grade. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817#post-90689 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:45:03 +0000 kaputnik 90689@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Chopped and flipped pair of old drops that were rescued out a skip. Particularly narrow ones, which I liked. The lumpy profile of the taping is due to there being gel inserts underneath.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/8173313942/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8342/8173313942_ba70bab52c.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/8173318014/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8200/8173318014_26e7207763.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817#post-90682 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:17:55 +0000 Cyclingmollie 90682@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Coxy, chop the drops and slam the bars, as they say but avoid grips on bullhorns. They can slide off. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817#post-90679 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:12:09 +0000 Stepdoh 90679@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yay, bar tape has arrived (without a bill from NZ Customs).</p> <p><img src="http://i46.tinypic.com/v8exio.jpg"></p> <p>Yes, I know it's going to get manky, but is just first time practice stuff, will replace it with some better tape once I've worked out how to do it :).</p> <p>Really want to give it a go at lunchtime. Me think's being hasty might be my downfall. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817#post-89938 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:47:10 +0000 Coxy 89938@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have just been Googling. Interesting.</p> <p>Bar end shifters (friction type) look nice too. But brake levers?</p> <p>Oh no, here comes a project... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817#post-89931 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:16:11 +0000 kaputnik 89931@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@coxy to maintain your hipster credentials you then have to flip the bars over and make them bullhorns (might even help with riding position by raising the drops slightly) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817#post-89917 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:57:14 +0000 Coxy 89917@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm going to chop the drops off as I never get that far down (middle age spread I guess). I only ever ride on the hoods. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817#post-89913 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:52:27 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 89913@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I use Fizik as well. Though the hipster option is for slip on foam grips that only cover the bottom half of the drop bar curve surely? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817#post-89911 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:50:06 +0000 kaputnik 89911@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I don't like the faux-cork or foamy tapes as they seem to absorb dirt.</p> <p>For the last n tape jobs I've used the Fizik Microtex stuff. It's reasonably cushioned, with a wipe-clean surface, reasonably hard wearing, comes in a good range of colours, and the pores in it give a classic look. Not the cheapest (c. £11-12) but by no means most expensive. The two-colour versions look very smart and there are ones that change from matt to gloss surface around the shifters, which look really nice (but very tricky to align correctly)</p> <p>The plastic end-plugs and finishing tape it comes with aren't the best. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817#post-89904 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:41:00 +0000 Coxy 89904@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>OK - what's the cool hipster bar-tape de jour? Was thinking of sorting mine out over winter. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817#post-89871 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:40:31 +0000 paolobr 89871@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmm, reminds me that the tape on my old CB is looking a little ragged...will have to check out those videos. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8817#post-89867 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:34:57 +0000 Baldcyclist 89867@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I always just take the stanley knife to the end where the caps are, and cut it flush. Not had a fraying, or loosening incident yet. </p>