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There's also a nice video of how to do this on the bicycletutor.com website.

Any cyclist who wants to learn more about maintaining their ride would, I think, benefit from visiting that website. He's got tons and tons of short+simple videos there on just about every aspect of bike maintenance.

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sheldon brown says wrapped bars are for sissies

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I really don't understand the "modern" fascination with wrapping from the bar ends in. You end up with an ugly, fragile, taped end on the wraps. If you do it "old skool", you can start from the center of the bars, with *no tape*, and the end of the wraps is held in place by the bar end plugs. It's easy.

And for the weight weenies, you save .2g of tape :)

Start from the centre. Lay the end of the tape on top of the bar, facing forwards. One wrap under the bars to trap the end of the tape, then continue exactly as if you were doing it the "modern" way, when you get to the end of the bars leave a small tail that gets pushed into the bars and trapped using your bar ends.

If you're using cotton twill tape (super-cheap per metre from your local fabric supplier, and available in any number of colours), wet it before wrapping. As it dries, it shrinks, and makes for a super-tight wrap.

Kids these days. Don't know they're born, etc etc

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