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Ham:
Changing the bar tape on my Metrea bar turns out to be somewhat different. The lizard skins I had on have disintegrated, so I've gone for a gel tape, turns out not to be as good idea as I thought - the extra thickness creates particular issues, due to the unique features.

To start with, there's no bar end plug, so you have to start square and put on an angle immediately. Then, the hydraulic pipes form a lump at the bottom, making a smooth transition still more difficult. The bar profile changes along the length, from circular through oval to flat. Still, I think I've got it good enough, but then again you look at bar tape a lot, don't you? Good enough, or try again?

Cudzoziemiec:
If a shop did that for me, I'd not be happy. But if I'd done it myself – well, it looks very like what I have done myself (on bog standard, non-problematic drops)!

Sergeant Pluck:
I think at least part of the reason for the extra thickness you mention is that you have used much more overlap than necessary so a rewrap might help from that point of view. The glue strip (if present) or the gel strip in the middle should mostly be in contact with the bar rather than contacting the tape beneath.

I'm surprised you even had enough left to overlap that much on the tops!

road-runner:
The bar tape, to my eyes, looks well enough done that I would just redo or reinforce the finishing tape to ensure it does not come undone too soon.

Ham:

--- Quote from: Sergeant Pluck on 25 March, 2024, 03:55:08 pm ---I think at least part of the reason for the extra thickness you mention is that you have used much more overlap than necessary so a rewrap might help from that point of view. The glue strip (if present) or the gel strip in the middle should mostly be in contact with the bar rather than contacting the tape beneath.

I'm surprised you even had enough left to overlap that much on the tops!

--- End quote ---

GPWM ;)

The reason I went with that overlap was because of the issue of starting - moving from a 90o wrap and because I could, the impact on the thickness is obvious when you consider it for more than 0.5 nanosecond.

So, try 2. To accommodate the first turn, I started the wrap at the top rather than the bottom, then wrap a turn and a half before starting to angle. I now have two different wraps on each side. The left I used a sharper angle to start and the result possibly feels better than the right, which starts of shallower and looks more even.

One side is going to have to be re-wrapped, I suspect the left. As to how I could get away with the overlap, WYSIWYW(rap), there's remarkably little to wrap, but they are brilliant bars for a commuter with three positions - hoods, corner and flats

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