Handlebar taping at Canyon Bicycles HQ in Koblenz, Germany

[russ02281990]

dirtdogg is 100% right !! i have been wrapping tape for customers you years and if i did that way i would get my back side kicked!!! secondly the way he ended the tape was an eye sore!! there is no point being fast at some thing if it isn't done right in the first place.........

[dirtdoggg]

Always wrap away from rider on both sides. His switch mid bar is funky, when hands are applied( by rider) they put pressure away from bar not inward. This way the pressure tighens vs. loosens the bar tape, hop on your road bike and check it out.

[ryanola72]

@awildermode, That may just be his style. I'm not sure that it would offer any advantage by opposing the finishing tape. I can tell you that it's best to not pull the electrical tape too tight because it will always shrink back up a bit, and you wouldn't want your tape line to deform because of it. He could have overlapped his electrical tape by just a bit to get it to lay down over the edge of the white bar tape, that's part of the beauty of electrical tape (that stretchiness).

[awildermode]

Why is the finishing tape in different direction from bar tape?

Looking from the left of bike: He wraps (white) clockwise, but finishes with electrical tape (black) counter-clockwise.

Also, why was the end of wrap not covered. Meaning taping finishing tape to the bar to 'seal' the wrap (so no white can be seen at end)?

Cool video, now I know who to do it...been needing to re-wrap mine for a while.

[repairdrive]

Now THATS how ya do it!

[logpos]

@ echtogammut : Oh ok, I see. Thanks for the tip! :D

[riceoobxg]

"They lace a wheel faster than a machine" We want a video!

[logpos]

Don't we need to put a small strip behind the shifter clamping bands first? His top-and-under-around approach caused problems when I tried to reposition my shifters - it bound the shifter body in place.

And yes, that was FAST!

[echtogammut]

@logpos If you tape it like that you don't need the extra tape, although I sometime include it for added cushion. You will have to re-tape your bars if you need to reposition your brifter. If you notice he is using a non-adhesive backed tape, which means you can re-tape without having to buy new tape each time.

[velogirlful]

We'll see...

[velogirlful]

Cool, can't wait for CC to start offering Canyon!

[SerafimdeAraujo]

@velogirlful Canyon only sells online...