bdhu

Hulsroy, viewing all the current projects threads

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It's sad. Imma gonna go to bed now

Lol. I perused earlier and felt very PatrickStewartStarTrek.meme

Great work today. Sleep well

how dare you cast him in a clint eastwood movie? The man is pure wes anderson.

Imma gonna go to bed now

Hope you don't have nightmares. You've seen a lot today

These are from this year. Not just today

I’m honoured to have made the first post of this thread. It’s not quite clear to me what I’ve done wrong? I need to rotate my bars down and move the hoods up so both the tops and levers are horizontal? Fairy minutious adjustment in my case?

I do feel bad for causing you such distress.

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bdhu 26/04/2021

Edit: pretty sure I don't get it so image removed

Have you posted about this bike elsewhere*? I was looking at fog cutters a while back

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Hard disagree! Doing a figure 8 with 3 mm thick bar tape will look like shit. Up, over and around technique (which requires that little bit of tape) >>>>>>>>>>>

Personal pet peeves are stems which aren't parallel to the top tube (when using drop bars, with flats it's ~ fine), might start building a folder as well...

No brakes but still belongs here

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I was a little bit sick in my mouth at all the wrapping methods explained in that video.

It's hard to explain in words* but I make a V on either side of the brake lever, I make the top part of both Vs first and then bottom part with the next wrap. Tape 'direction' is maintained, it aint bulky and doesn't unravel.

*Left hand side of bars.

You'll be coming from the inside, around the back of the drop and towards the front on the outside.

Position your wraps so that the last wrap that's on just handlebar butts up against the lever.

Come around the back, up and over the top of the lever. You should have the top of the V which is actually more of a '>' on the outside of the bar/lever.

Wrap over the top of the lever and towards the inside of the bar, come down making the top of the inside '<' and back around the clamp to the outside.

Now make the bottom part of the outside '>', go under the lever, back to the inside, come up to make the bottom of the inside '<' .

You will probably have one more wrap that's partially on the lever and then you'll be back to wrapping just handlebar in an 'over the top towards the front' direction which should mean your tape 'direction' is maintained ie with tape like Cinelli where the logo is at the 'bottom' of the tape, it'll still be at the bottom.

1 = First wrap on lever, top of outside V.
2 would be the top of the inside V.
3 = Bottom of outside V.
4 would be bottom of inside V.
5 = one more wrap partially on lever.
6 = back to wrapping just bar, Cinelli C logo still exposed showing tape 'direction' maintained.

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Not bulky imo.

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Thanks for the late night ramblings, I'm also still here! I was scratching my head trying to figure out your first post, pictures help a lot.

I will give it a try next time I need to wrap some bars, alas I am noticing two things : it is definitely bulkier than my method, and the bartape on the tops seems to wind up in the wrong direction if I'm understanding your pictures correctly.

I guess it depends how you define 'direction'.

I start by going 'from the inside, over the top to the outside' ie anticlockwise on the left, clockwise on the right, which is (I think) generally regarded as the way to do it to avoid it unwrapping as you ride. It certainly works for me.

With tape like the Cinelli stuff that has 'directional' branding I'll have to find the right end of each roll to start from to make sure the branding is visible and wrapping my way keeps it visible up top and I've never had any problems with it unwrapping or loosening going 'up at the back, over the top and to the front' on the tops.

You're suggesting the tops should really go 'up at the front, over the top and to the back'?

Yeah I'm saying that, starting from the bottom of the bar, on the left side, the tape should go anticlockwise at first, then reverse direction (i.e. wrap clockwise, or "towards you") once you go past the brake lever. The reason is that in the drops your hands tend to rotate towards the outside, while on the tops they tend to rotate towards you.

If you've never had it unwrap the way you do it all is good, but I'm stating what's usually considered the canonical (i.e. posh) way to do it, as this seems to be the spirit of this thread ;)

It is not a massive offence in your cas but you would get a nicer looking bike, better grip, more comfort and slightly shorter reach if you tilted bars down a tad and moved levers up a wee bit.
The transition between top of bars and hood needs to be slightly concave rather than convex and your is convex and it means hoods sit proud of bar tape/tops.
Also the bottom of your compact bars should be at less of an angle. By rotating bars down you let the bottom but of the drops come closer to you making the drops nicer to ride.

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You can't use rules like this as bars and levers differ.
It's about training your eye!
It is not hard to get it right or within reasonable angles.