NATURAL ANKLING wrote:Hi,
Start at the bar ends !
Yes, but they need to be clockwise on the right and anticlockwise on the left. All the way to the stem.
NATURAL ANKLING wrote:Hi,
Start at the bar ends !
Mick F wrote:NATURAL ANKLING wrote:Hi,
Start at the bar ends !
Yes, but they need to be clockwise on the right and anticlockwise on the left. All the way to the stem.
scottg wrote:londonbikerider wrote:Am I the only one that is fine with the humble "black cork" tape for £6-7 every couple of years, without going in spending £25-40 in fancy bar tape twice a year?[snip]
Won't pay 6 quid for tape that only lasts a couple years, what a waste.
2£ for a couple rolls on ancient stock Cateye cloth is good, shellac it
well and it should last till you're tired of looking at it.
Mick F wrote:NATURAL ANKLING wrote:Hi,
Start at the bar ends !
Yes, but they need to be clockwise on the right and anticlockwise on the left. All the way to the stem.
londonbikerider wrote:Am I the only one that is fine with the humble "black cork" tape for £6-7 every couple of years, without going in spending £25-40 in fancy bar tape twice a year?
robc02 wrote:….On my most used commuter I have moved back to plastic bike ribbon - as well as being cheap it is durable, reusable and looks and feels fine. Am I the only one that misses buying this by the metre off a roll at the local bike shop? (Wrapped from the top down and held in place by an expanding bung - so no bits of sticky tape to come undone ).
Brucey wrote:robc02 wrote:….On my most used commuter I have moved back to plastic bike ribbon - as well as being cheap it is durable, reusable and looks and feels fine. Am I the only one that misses buying this by the metre off a roll at the local bike shop? (Wrapped from the top down and held in place by an expanding bung - so no bits of sticky tape to come undone ).
that is pretty much what I do too. Never seen it on a jumbo sized reel though!
FWIW on such bikes I use the tops and ramps much more than the drops so I tend to wind the tape nice and tight with a generous overlap on the top of the bars. Thing is, on the bends you can end up with nearly all the adhesive being against the previous turn and none against the handlebar. I therefore use a strip of thin double sided tape to help secure the bar tape. I also tape the bars with something thin before the main tape, to help prevent corrosion of the handlebars.
cheers
Brucey wrote:robc02 wrote:….On my most used commuter I have moved back to plastic bike ribbon - as well as being cheap it is durable, reusable and looks and feels fine. Am I the only one that misses buying this by the metre off a roll at the local bike shop? (Wrapped from the top down and held in place by an expanding bung - so no bits of sticky tape to come undone ).
that is pretty much what I do too. Never seen it on a jumbo sized reel though!
FWIW on such bikes I use the tops and ramps much more than the drops so I tend to wind the tape nice and tight with a generous overlap on the top of the bars. Thing is, on the bends you can end up with nearly all the adhesive being against the previous turn and none against the handlebar. I therefore use a strip of thin double sided tape to help secure the bar tape. I also tape the bars with something thin before the main tape, to help prevent corrosion of the handlebars.
cheers
NATURAL ANKLING wrote:Hi,
I think push in bungs don’t always stay in place.
I think in the past if I remember correctly I placed a bit of tape Cloth or similar the inside of the Bar end.
Thus making the hole a bit smaller and tighter on the bung.
I only use expanding bungs with a screw.
I don’t normally tape Into the hole with overlap.
NATURAL ANKLING wrote:I have found that 99p as side synthetic cork tape from china very good, I rate it.
I had to pay over a tenner far a particular colour but not much between the quality.
LittleGreyCat wrote:Just a quick query on bungs.
The plastic push in ones are almost the same price as the ones with a hex key and expanding wedge.
Is there any reason not to use bar end bungs with the hex key and expanding wedge?