How to wrap bicycle handlebar tape

[shyflirt1]

@sbenperez, it's mostly the same. Install the plug part of the bar end shifters in the ends of the handlebars. Run the shift cable housings along the handlebars and tape them in place. Now remove the bar end shifter plugs. Start wrapping as above. Now stuff the starting end of the tape into the end of the handlebars, and re-install the bar end shifter plug. The cable housing fits into a little slot on the bar end shift plug. Then just complete the wrapping. Then install the shift cables.

[sbenperez]

What do you do with leaver shifters at the end of the bar?

[Jammin2vibes]

Nice clear and informative. thanks I just did my own after watching this clip.

[roadrunnerblink]

very good vid.

[Rubenzian2]

ahh, video tutorials just saved me 20 quid :D

[seanmiskell]

This was helpful, thanks.

[TheGDgrapher]

very nice video dude !

[911Playmaker]

Nice vid thanks!

[hauserandrewj]

very helpful thanks a lot

[romiesgirl13]

So many haters! If you don't like this video go figure it out yourself or go make your own damn video, geez. It's a tricky thing to explain and he did a great job. Thanks!

[wythek]

Learn how to speak.

[arbanaskocudo]

i just bought bontrager tape, i was scared that im not gonna wrap it right because you can have only one take, but now i have more courage after watching this, thanks man superman

[janern82]

I just wrapped my handlebars (for the first time ever) after watching this. It worked out perfectly. Of course, it's not rocket science, but it was nice to get a walkthrough before trying it. So thanks :-)

[fagslav]

great, thanks dude..

[d1flyboy]

Thanks! It has been so long it was good to have a tutorial.

[doldrumrecords]

Thanks for putting this together. Very nice job indeed.

[girohead1]

Good job, informative, You answered points that people need to know: amount of overlap, stretching, angle and finishing tape.

[naterv11]

god damn...i should have bought some wrap today -_-

[ProkurczakSKW]

thank you

[pn104391]

I love to bang it in

[fkpaulxh]

thanks im about to try wrapping my handle bars today, i wish your camera had a top view at the end where you put electrical tape because you can't really get what you did but i think you said "...with the electrical tape get a lil on to the end of the tape" ??

[Pnavii]

@fkpaulxh dude.. you dont use electrical tape ...

[smith34n]

@Pnavii Yes you do...

[MasterSaltWrench]

Thank you!

[MasterSaltWrench]

Thank you!



[AlexRyteuBart]

Great job, thanks ;)

[napaman1]

Thanks, my first wrap looks great.

[Xexsut]

Thank you so much for the instructions. Just wrapped mine and they came out great! God bless!

[111teamomori]

Thanks, just wrapped my bars with great results thanks to your excellent video

[kylewayneluck]

"So...this way instead of going this way now this way I'm coming this way."

Ah, it's so clear to me now.

[cleighvb]

Thank you so so so much for this video! (: It really did help with doing it for the first time! Thank you again!

[MarkPage01]

I hate doing the last bit. I've done this for years but that bit with the plug always gets on my tits.

[TimAber57]

Thanks for taking the time to do that; very helpful and confidence inspiring.

[shawnmyers]

Thank you for the instruction.



[arc2226]

Thanks for your good advice. Just what I was looking for. It seems easy, but good to make sure. Appreciate the post!

[TrevorLangowski]

Good video!!

[dawidoist]

nice

[mrteemumilto]

@shyflirt1 8:10 I am just installing Milano - Cinelli Imperial Leather, and my cork does not have three disks to hold it place. This high-end bar-tape has a 1.2 cm small plug with flexing sides. It should be as good as yours.

[DrBotolph]

Very, helpful thanks.

[teundilles]

Thank you!

[TheAppieShow]

Exactly what we were looking for! Thank you!

[ameasureofpipps]

This was really helpful. Thank you.

[cheriekshin]

Totally helped with taping my bike today. Thanks so much for the vid. :D

[foxcow2]

Thanks for this video. Did my first wrap today.

[BlackTnGurl]

i dont understand the point of the tape on the lever though.. everything else was good !

[dharmashooter]

@BlackTnGurl I think that's so you don't get an uncovered bit at the back of the lever.

[willh919]

Thanks, appreciate your effort.

[scout739]

Good advice.Why I had never thought of placing short piece of tape around lever before I start wrapping bars I will never know.

[thummarwitsh]

Thank you for knowledge ^^

[2970kongen]

thanks for sharing

[ReneeNme]

To each their own I reckon. To me this is backwards, I start next to the stem. The 3" strip behind the brake lever hood bit ? When I open a new box of tape to re~wrap the very first thing I do is take those strips and toss them over my shoulder. If you know how to wrap bars they are just that ... useless. Good video for those that don't know how to wrap ... I guess.

[SquashandEggs]

@ReneeNme Ummm if you know how to wrap bars, why are you watching a video about how to wrap bars?

[ReneeNme]

@SquashandEggs Research. Thinking about making a how~to video of my own.

[rayunseitig]

Well done.

[lorcanfin]

very helpful, would definitely have done it wrong had i not watched this first. thanks from dublin

[farzsad]

Didn't say UH,UH,UH,UH,UH enough

[BlueAvantiGuy]

Thank you for sharing

[jessicabell123]

Thank you. I watched this then wrapped my handlebars easily.

Thank you.

[nederninja]

Thanks. Very helpful! :)

[Mikenopolis]

Very helpful. And why do some people always have something negative to say to helpful people? Geez!

[Durkin]

This helped a lot, thanks!

[elvindunca]

If you start at the top of the bar with a little overlap, you don't have to use electrical tape at the end. It looks a lot cleaner.

[ichitz]

@elvindunca

tried that for a while. Looks great. Until I realize that it changes the order that tape overlaps the previous. And from spending a long time on the hoods, the tape would slide easily revealing the bar underneath. Starting from the bar end solves that problem for me.

[TheDaibok]

great video, very useful!

[BigPhil22]

Could have done with an edit and a different camera angle at the end, but otherwise very helpful.

[justinrockinhard]

thanks helped alot

[stopglobalswarming]

Thanks for the refresher. I haven't wrapped a road bar in several years.

[stopglobalswarming]

I've got the Bontrager "gel" cork tape here. I don't see what's so special about it. I got it for $10. Looks like any other. Cork tape sucks. I should have used something like Tennis Racket tape.

[spatiotemporal]

poor camera angle at beginning and end. video would be better if it were only half as long.

[jacekfota]

shitty camera placement

[lociz1]

Thanks for the great tortorial, Im wrapping my racer after watching your video. My tape is also black :D

[CrashMcLarson]

Your hands are really vein-y.

[lociz1]

@CrashMcLarson if you are of slim-medium build your veins are like that. If you are a little chubby or fat, you will most likely have fat hands. Im 1.79 and weighting at 76K and my hands are just like his. I have a visible 6pack (not 4pack) that means my fat level is very low and my muscle is high.

[93hondaLX]

I cannot thank you enough for this video, it was so helpful and I'm not able to do it on every on of my bikes!! Thanks again for posting this, it was an excellent video!

[JENNILOVER1]

thanks for thw video it really helps alot!!!

[prolepessa]

I used this last summer to figure out how to tape my handlebars and have to say that I watched a few seconds of the first video to pop up on google this morning trying to refresh my memory, but went looking for yours again.

Clear, thorough, well done! Thanks!

(You don't happen to have a video on hooking up a derailleur, do you?)

[661EASTON89]

i gotta favorite this video so i can know how to wrap mine...i have new black tape on mine but ima get some yellow for it soon cant wait

[sippinsoma]

Painful to listen to this guy pause and trip over his mouth.

[diddyxxx]

looks good to me

[mdy17]

Uhhahshs

[starguard]

works for me!

[howardb02]

What brand of tape is that? The only kind I can find is stickyback tape..

[Devin032]

@howardb02 get bontrager tape. all colors and it has the gel back not sticky stuff

[MosquitoK8]

Different views would greatly help us see what you are doing especially at the top of the bars!

[eggzy43]

5 secs later the plug falls out!

[whereischarly]

Yeah c'mon, slap that nasty handlebar end !!! PLUG IT IN !!!

Nice one,

Cheers from France

[HandmadeBikes]

This is just plain wrong!

The tape should finish at the top by wrapping AWAY from the rider, otherwise hand pressure will slacken and unravel the tape. it will prevent the edges of the tape lifting and rolling as the rider moves from bar center to hoods.

[JPelJman]

This is true. When you look at the top of the handlebars when he's just about to finish, he is wrapping the tape TOWARDS the rider while it should be AWAY from the rider. Since he did it that way, the pressure from his hands will make the wrap looser. If he did it the other way, the tape would only get tighter as the rider used it.

[HandmadeBikes]

eggs hackly ....

[groxmon]

I like looking at your hands that block your demonstration.

[hscavino]

You da bomb! I saw your video and now off to give it a go. thanks for a great professional job and tips.

[Artemis458]

going to do my first ever wrap now, this guy clearly has great care and attention to detail, this video will help me a lot!

[draggin99si]

I just used black electrical tape to wrap my handlebar. It turned out really nice. The best part is that it was free as I had an unused roll stored away in the closet.

[YE5TER]

i bought a brand new track bike and just wrapped the handle bars follow this video! great instructions! this video gave me enough confidence to do it! (im a complete n00b to bikes)

[matthewsfarrow]

An excellent and informative video. Have just wrapped my first set of handlebars in twenty years - and they look pretty good! Thanks.

[ironmanc5]

great work, you sir are a mechanic of some repute ,bravo, i have just watched a "MECHANIC" wrap without overlap and not use the small bits of tape he said were for "holding the ends of the tape " and then said the end plugs "never fit" (because he never overlapped) and never fitted them ......lol

[VossD]

Great video! thanks a lot.. ^^

[odinandme]

THIS IS THE DEFACTO HOW TO WRAP BAR TAPE!!!

All other videos I've seen out there don't show you this much, and what they show you is WRONG WRONG WRONG..

After you do your bars the way he suggests here, wrapping will be just in the right direction, so that when you grab the bars tape is tightened, not loosened.

A++++++

[orchard144]

What do you mean just in the right direction?

[Artemis458]

To get the idea of 'right direction' grab 2 sheets of paper and lay them overlapped. Now scrape your fingernail across the overlap. In one direction you are smoothing it down, in the other you can catch the edge of the overlapping paper causing it to fray and become turned up.

This applies on handlebars when you grab the lower bars or top corner - your hand rubs across teh overlap. So the tape needs to be laid the right way so that the overlap is smoothed down when your hand is across it.

[alexkemmler]

I was wondering how to handle the brake levers, thanks!

[indietone14]

can i just use wire tape? if not where can i buytape like this? home depot?

[Tehtog]

Any cycle shop

[indietone14]

thanks! I got some white tape

[odinandme]

wire tape works nice, ace hardware sells several different types, get the heaviest guage for out door use.

[indietone14]

cool thanks

[gmarte12]

a bike shop or online

$3 per tape at JensonUSA

[Misterb0z]

Nice job! Here goes nothing...

[ddtnmphs]

Mine turned out great. Thanks.

[ihateyoupeople100]

much thanks

[icramer]

I like it. Nicely done. Weird camera angle though...

[aaraszkiewicz]

very useful movie, thanks

[Syndil1]

Seems like an easy thing, but helps to see it done first! Thx!

[CC11235]

very helpful, thanks!

[Adipatus]

YAY!

Great, Thanks !!!!!

[senkaR10]

Thanks , not bad, but sound leaves much to be desired.

[CinimodMG]

Thanks!

[Jedd41]

you saved my life, thank you :]

[nemutdero]

Thank you! This was extremely helpful :)

[ghostarmor]

Thank you very much for this video. It was extremely well made. Really helped me out.

[dwntwncoolsville]

Damn, I DID put my tape on backwards.lol :)

[NewtonsTaco]

Thank you, your instructions gave me that little bit of extra confidence I needed, no kidding it was nice to be able to see it done, before I did mine.

[istacc]

Great video. I've done hack jobs on this task too many times to count. Really helpful. You should consider doing more more how-to if you haven't already. Your style of presentation is clear, logical, and professional.

[theworm1212]

nice, thanks!

[cedwin14]

thanks for the video shyflirt... this video really helped. your a patient man.

[edmonddantes64]

This is the correct way to wrap handlebars(or most preferred).

Other videos don't reverse the tape-this one does...very nice.

[Sher2thedoublewood]

Thanks Man!

[gfellmer]

This helped me with wrapping the bars of my spin bike. Thanks for taking the time to upload this vid.

[comedianhost]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

[seanarrative]

thanks! just bought yellow handlebar tape, looks sweeeeeet.

[russream]

tanks for this, good clear instructions :)

[PiperMartinMckay]

Very helpful! THANKS

[JammastaJ23]

Thanks, this helps a ton,

[blackjancsi]

Thanks, good demo, too bad that the end part (where you seal of the tape at the centre of the handlebar) is not visible at all :-( .

[DjPasty]

Thank you.

[Elitetrumpet]

yes!

[SabaTheDog]

Nice Vid. Helpful. Thanks.

[masterfantastic]

Thank you for posting. One of those easy things that everyone could visualization for. Also, you don't suck at speaking, Corvallian is just a douche.

[smhnwcfp]

You guys are silly...

[tevers94]

Great video, thanks for all the help. I did mine to day with pretty good results.

[wooderson123]

Very helpful. Thanks.

[colorcompletesme]

Thank you for making this video.

[mirabaianutara]

THATS A WRAP!!!!!

[Jonny925]

PUN

[jbrittin]

yes, thank you. I have been cycling for many years yet have learned several things with your video!

[ruskiantonov]

thank you very mucho

[joshcordeiro]

where do i get those raps i cant find them anawhere i want leather ones

[SpeedWobbleStudios]

your bike shop should have them, and if they don't, have them order a pair

[ezirtacic]

Thank you.

[JDBEDORE]

take 2: get some uhh cards, uh.. cue cards!

[benwardleeditor]

Nice one.

[JeepWrangler97]

Thanks

[kiediss]

excellent instructions for my first wrap! Thanks!

[johninvegas7]

Since I was a little boy, wrapping handle bars, we always started from the middle and worked our way outside. I guess we did not have electrical tape back then.

[hypertrophysj]

Thanks for taking the time to make this video tutorial. Wrapping my new road handlebar should be no problem now!

[g33487m]

nice sexy arms-

[BrianDWong]

sweet. i've been wanting to replace my handlebar tape for some time now. now i can!

[guyskook]

Video quality is poor--hands obscure much of the job, and he shoots BLACK tape against a mostly BLACK background!

[jacob0acl]

then you make a video better than his.

[krater57]

Thanks!

[iloveflapjacks]

You were doing great until the brake lever part. You should have just crossed over behind the bar instead of going up the lever grip and changing direction. Leaning on the tops around the hoods is eventually going to roll up the edges now.

[rufusporter23]

Thanks for the great tutorial

[jel2003]

Thanks for the video!

[NiuckaNaucka]

Thank You, great advice in a most articulate manner! Very useful!

[arcticcatmatt]

Thanks! Giving it a shot tonight.

[blerickson2]

best instructional video on youtube demonstrating correct bar wrapping technique!

[Kevrek]

very nice video. thank you!

[devingus]

Awesome video! Just did my first wrap and this video made it much easier.

[yayayayayayayayaya]

Excellent instruction. Thanks for posting the video.

[nookie1110]

thanks for your help

[willwright82]

Generally, it is the habit of cyclist to pull back on their hands when riding on the top section of the bars. By noting this, you can wrap so this habit will be self-tightening on the tape.

When riding on the drop section of the bars, however, it is the tendency to rotate the hands outward.

It is possible to reverse wrap direction from start to finish at the brake levers in order to match this tendency.

[gravyfunky]

Visual is SO much better than written instructions.Thanks.

[winglittle]

Thanks very useful, it would have been nice if the last part of the tape wrapping was taken from a different camera angle though (the top), there is not much to see from this angle..

[melvinfurd]

gaffers tape is better than electrical tape

[simonallfrey]

thanks man.

[genericvideo1]

thank you so much!

[haixtr]

were are you from?

[robinrobito]

Thank you for this video. I had forgotten how to wrap the bars and this was so helpful.

[scotttaggart]

Thanks - great video and instruction. Scott

[peterahughes]

Gentlemen. I am English, and I must agree that Papaown the Russian has the best English, after myself of course.

[jel2003]

Thanks for posting this video.

[Paul1PA]

I really appreciate you making this video!  After watching it, I was able to have success wrapping handlebars for the first time. :-)