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Not sure where to put this, but here seems to be appropriate.
I've always taped my brake cables down with electrical tape before wrapping my bars, but I found the cables would eventually work free and move up which then loosened the bar tape which would slowly unravel.
So I started to wonder how I could tape the cable down without it moving. I figured out I could start the electrical tape backwards under the cable and create a hook of sorts which would stop the cable from moving up.
Then it's just a matter of winding the tape around the bars a few times to lock it all down.
I've done this on a few bikes now and the cables have not moved a millimetre and extended the life of the bar tape.
Maybe people already do this or you have their own method, but it works for me.