How to fit road bike bar tape?
Bar tape ensures the comfort of your cockpit and allows you to add a personal touch to your bike. Here is how to fit it.
- Time: 30 min
- Level: Easy
- Tools: Cleaner | Cloth | A pair of scissors | Adhesive tape
Steps
- Clean the part of the handlebar on which the tapes will be placed.
- Secure the cable outers using the adhesive tape A.
- Fold back the lever hood on itself.
- Place a strip of approximately 10 cm behind the lever to cover the clamping collar B.
Probikeshop tip: this strip is sometimes supplied with your bar tape.
- Begin wrapping the tape around the handlebar starting from the bottom while leaving approximately 1 cm of tape overhanging the end of the bar C.
Probikeshop tip: some bar tapes have a self-adhesive strip to make fitting easier.
- Then continue wrapping the tape around the handlebar, stretching it slightly and overlapping it by approximately 1/3 to cover the handlebar properly.
- When you are approximately 5 cm from the stem, cut the tape at an angle for a better finish, then secure it with the adhesive strip supplied with the bar tape D.
- Place the handlebar end plug by tucking the overhanging tape into the bar E.
- Refit the lever hood.
- Repeat the operation for the other tape.
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