I used to work at Raleigh and this was the method used many moons ago. I still wrap my bars this way and in 40 or so years of bike riding I've NEVER had any problems with tape slipping, water ingress, tape fraying or any of the problems stated in these comments. IF you tape your bars properly in the first place you won't have any problems.
totaly agree, also if we compare to the traditional down-top wrap, the only weak point (given a good and tight wrap) seems to be always the finishing tape
I started working in a Schwinn shop in the early ‘70s. This was the “ Schwinn Approved” method we were taught then just like the comment above, if the tape is stretched properly there is no problem.
Bought my first bike a month ago, replaced the bars and used this method to wrap them. IT WAS EASY AND LOOKS GREAT!!! The key was taking my time. No issues yet!!
yea just makes it look a little different and no bulky tape or also thats a common place to put hands so I see it all the time the tape where its all over the place and leaves smudges on the bars, just makes everything more cleaner
Love this technique. I do it even with the Di2 junction box in the handle bar. You finish it off with a triangular cut (like you would from bottom towards up) but finish it off with super glue. You stick the last bit of the bar tape on itself. You'd think with wet, dirt, etc it wouldn't hold but it holds it perfectly! I even had to undo it before and reglue and was able to without damaging the tape.
When watching this video I thought to myself "but what if I'm using a di2 barplug? :( ", and scrolled down to see your comment - great tip about the glue!
Thanks for the support!!! I feel like if you do it right you won’t have any issues. Obviously anything will ware and get worn after years but I mean you can replace it like anything
@@shawnbrainard.creative yea thats the only thing I can think of, that they just know what they know and odnt weant to try it new because thats what they heard
Thanks for the video mate - wrapped my Rapide bars a few days ago with some “cheap” BBB tape and eh, immediately the tape started to come undone and I just didn’t like it. Picked up some Supacaz earlier today, did it to your method and it is CLEAN. Thanks brother!
I am super stoked I found this video, I really like how clean the wrap looks without electrical tape. I've yet to test this over next few rides, but so far it looks and feels promising.
it wil last as long as u have a nice tape with a good adhesive strip, and just wrap it clean and tight, I have customers on theres for more then a year some 2 depending on how much they ride, the tape starts to rip to be replaced before anything unravels
@@GCPerformance18 3 rides in and the honeymoon period is over for me. This setup might work for thin wraps, but I keep pushing against the grain on the tops and it's uncomfortable. Looks great tho! :)
This was really helpful, thank you! Just tried the reverse wrap on my Fuji bike and it worked great! I used lizard skins tape, which seems to work really well as it's adhesive backed and also has the beveled edges, which sit really flat. Went for a quick 20 mile test ride and all good. The only negative might be if you don't have carbon bars with internal cables, you'd have to unwrap the entire bar from the bottom to change out cables. Otherwise, all good!
I taped my aero bars like this. Looks great. Switched the direction of the wrap going down the drops so it won't come undone. Ridden a few hundred miles on it so far and it's holding up fine. We'll see if it lasts. I love the way it looks!
@@Ryem3 It lasted until I crashed my bike and I had to rewrap it 🤣 I had some work done at the shop and they put new tape on the traditional way. I'll do this again when I rewrap. It was holding fine.
Thanks for the vid GC. I wrapped my prime aero bars from the drops and they didn't look very good and where uncomfortable. I tried your method and they turned out pretty good. No more humps from finishing tape, also a lot smoother across the top.
I just learned of the reverse wrap several months ago. I saw a video on a build and the guy wrapped the bar that way. It was a round bar and there were a lot of comments criticizing it. Not sure why as I thought it was a great idea. A couple of months later, I was returning home from a trip with my gravel bike on the back. I guess the rain I rode in on my trip combined with the little bit of rain I drove through caused the tape on my bar tape to come lose. I saw it flapping in my rear view mirror as I drove as it came unwrapped. I put new bar tape on the bike after I got home and reverse wrapped it to hopefully avoid another incident like that. I think it is a great idea and wonder why that hasn't always been them norm.
Thanks! I've always wrapped the other way, but I recently wrapped some 2.5 Lizard Skins on an integrated bar and the results were dreadful. I was actually able to re-use the tape (it had only been applied the day before) and it came out very nice. Easier too.
I just tape normally, and finish it at the top with a small amount of super glue. If you wrap it right, you can simply glue the tape to itself underneath the handlebar, so you don't see where it ends, and isn't bulky. I've been riding mine this way for a few thousand miles without any problems. I use the Canyon tape with the Canyon aero bars.
This is the correct way to wrap Aerofly IIs with bartape. But huge kudos go to the engineer who designed the handlebars in a way the bartape looks super clean when wrapped this way. Not sure you get the same result with others brand aero handlebars. Well done!
Thanks for the video. I will try this out on my SL7. I may reinforce the bar tape with electrical tape before the full loop at the start. It won't be visible, ofcourse.
I really like how clean this looks, but every time I wrap my bars this way, the tape frays/lifts due to pressure on the overlapping seam. I find going the other way to be better (for me), and the clean look can be obtained by using a tape with a quality finishing strip applied over the electrical tape.
For me this is great as it removes the ugly cut bar tape from the top of my bars and hides the cut in the handlebar. I don't have an issue with the electrical tape but i don't like how the tape bulks out after cutting it. Thanks for the content and keep it coming.
That makes a lot more sense. So many start at the bar end and need sticky tape to finish. Thanks. Could you do a video on building a bike with mechanical shifting? ie. what cables, tools to use, + the whole process.
Yea the sticky tape is the worst after you sweat on it. It starts to peel, And I can, like a full bike build?? I honestly am the guy at the store who does like the electronics and the higher builds but next one I see I’ll try to grab and try to get some footage I just hate it though because I don’t have a good camera mount and I hate to grab one of my guys to film the whole time
@@GCPerformance18 Anything you can do. There's lots of vids on youtube but they don't go through it step by step or they do it too fast. If i lived locally i'd came and be your cameraman but alas i'm on the other side of the world 😐 Maybe a tripod is the answer.
@@DanTuber I can probably figure it out or get a go pro of some sort, but I think I would have to do alot of stop starts, but prob go pro, because during the day, were not like these stores you see on youtube where they just do a little montage, our phones ring non stop open to close and customers walk in all the itme so I have to stop building bikes usally to go help them out.... its non stop here.... I would have to do it either on a osmehow rainy slow day or maybe after work
yea thats what im thinking too they are making it more and more adheasive on the bottom so it should be getting better and make the longevity last longer :))
Thanks, I think it came out well (although I managed to break the tape once, luckily only after the first time around though 😅). Solid instructional vid 👌🏾
so i have had people tell me and also I have used a little bit of super glue at the end, and then just hold firmly and it stays good, and then to remove it just peels off, just make sure you super glue the bar tape to more bartape and not tape to bike
Looks totally clean, but I've learned why you DON'T wrap from the top to the end. Looks nice now, but the edges of the tape are pushed on by your hands as they hold the bars going towards the hoods. The edges quickly fray and even tear. That's why you always wrap from the ends to the tops, the edges of the tape are on the outside. Sorry, but that's why you need tape.
Im telling you, maybe on some cheaper tapes or like a leather tape but on like a nice tape like supacaz or those hd tapes the sticker tacky tape, it doesnt happen, just make it tight enough and tacky side on the bottom and your good to go, now if your just pushing on it constantly and struggling to keep yourself up then yea its going to move but a normal riding position like on the hoods or the bullends of the bar or the drops you dont have to worry
@@GCPerformance18 Haha, me too! Over 30 years and thousands of miles! But hey, this way looks great with the new aero bars and you're making great videos. Keep em coming!
Makes sense with this kind of bar where there is a specific indentation for the tape on the top. Tape can come of or get sticky anyway if the bike gets too wet etc. I have these bars. Will be trying next time.
Everything old is new again. I've taped bars this way since the 1970's. I guess we all did. In fact, if I'd had to wrap electrical tape to finish the job, I'd have called it a garbage job. Keep in mind though that the tape I used then was just tape with no padding. As such, pulling tightly when wrapping was enough to avoid significant ridges . I will admit though that with the padded stuff we get today, it feels much nicer when on the drops to follow the electrical tape method, If you don't wear gloves . Ending at the plugs technique is just one of those things that the new experts tell you to " never do ". Just as they told you that narrow high pressure tires are faster ,and high cadence is the only way to go, and always strive to pedal in circles . All of these have now been re-evaluated. Basically do what works best for you seems to be the current attitude . By the way, I once heard that Alberto Contador always taped his bars ending up at the plugs.
Yea man, that’s crazy!! Good info, but yea I mean when I started working at the shop the thing to do was to run 700x19 or 21c tires pump them up to 120-130 (I ran 140) somethings, and now it’s all 25 or 28s or even 30s running at 80-100 psi. Crazy to me
Thank You for such a great video. I was able to redo the tape that was originally on my New Tarmac Pro. First time wrapping bars and can't believe I was able to to it and make it look great. Thank You for make it so easy for me. Zimmer
hoenstly jsut by eye and make them level to the ground lol and I usaully put the bottom of the shifters right on the 25 line but it is preference to the rider and what they like more
this tape has soooo much of adhesive as well as its sticking so well to the bars that i wouldn't worry about the direction of the wrap. it looks cool and ill try it definitely on my system six. good video! Always cool to see something new :)
@@GCPerformance18 I assumed something like that. Now I'm using mechanical 105 and I wrapped bar tape like in your video and it fits perfectlu, but I'm hoping to replace my 105 soon with di2 ultegra with the bar end junction box and that's how this question was born in my head. May by I will cut the end of the bar tape in order to prevent folds and use classic electric tape, even if I don't want to. Anyway, I will be glad to see a video from you on this topic!
Thank you so much for this video! It looks very clean indeed. You earned my subscription :) The mechanic of Victor Campenaerts starts with some sticky tape on the bars first.
do this if u change bartapes monthly or usually at the drops. bartape at the top part peels off easily because the exposed edge is where there's pushing/friction when using the hood area (majority of cyclists)
@@GCPerformance18 handlebar leveling advise on the aeroflys. Do u level the bar ends straight up 90°? Hard to flush the hoods and the top of the bars like that
Day late and a dollar short. I used the very same SuperCaz tape and wrapped my rt side bar last nite, using the standard method. great job and I suck at wrapping bar tape, I don't think im stretching the tape as i move up the bar.
lol just take it off and start over, I mean im good at it because honestly its my job to do it and I get to do it so much, so its just repition, and also me having the bike stand so I can pul on the bike without it moving helps out lol.... but you can do it good
I think that wouldn´t work for me, as now the overlaps point towards the rider, not away from him/her. So if I apply a little bit more downwards or forward force to the tape and slip over it, won´t the edge then break and flip over? This won´t happen if you wrap the tape beginning from the bottom.
No it won’t. If I wrap it you won’t have the issue. As long as the tape is a nice quality and has a nice adheasive on there and you wrap it tight. No issues
How's that brand of bar tape???..I hear mix reviews..whats a good bar tape that you would recommend using..??? I couldn't get the specialized aero fly 2 bars so I went with the new improved prime Primavera aero bars..the new version Primavera looks like the aerofly 2 but without the little pieces to make it look flush..check the look out on Chain reaction cycles under "Primavera aero carbon"...they have an older model and now the newer model..alot good reviews over the month on the prime Primavera carbon bars..
@@GCPerformance18 thanks! I've read comments saying the colored layer tended to peel off after some time. Did you experience this with your customers? Cheers!
I know electrical tape is the most common way everyone finishes off the wrap job but not me. I use wax twine. Every electrical tape shifts and comes loose, it's just the glue doesn't hold well especially if you live in a warmer climate. The wax twine comes in any color you want from Amazon and if you know how to install it it will stay put and never ever loosen.
my secret is I make the cut for the brake line a little long so when I put the shifter on there it pushes the line to the back of the bar and puts tension on it causing it not to move and make like an s shape in there.... lol just alot of tension on the cable and it doesnt rattle at all
@@GCPerformance18 Looks like its wrong on my SL7Pro. Did it come wrong from specialized or does the LBS put on the bar tape? Can I undo and redo it the way you are showing or do I have to buy all new tape? Thanks.
@@johnezimmer yea you can undo and redo, there is no problem and the local bike shop has to wrap it so they might just do it stock because its easier way
@@GCPerformance18 Thanks for the reply. Ill just watch your video and try and redo myself. Then Ill take it back to the LBS so they can redo my shit job. ;-)
@@johnezimmer lol you can always keep trying its not gonna hurt but also if your just tired of it, take it there they should be able to do it while you wait
Supacaz tape is too short to reverse wrap bars if you want to cover the bars closer to the stem. But I love how clean it looks to reverse wrap. I use 44 or 46mm bars and the ENVY tape is my favorite due to the extra length compared to other brands.
@gcperformance its been 1.5 years since you posted this vid originally. Are you still backing the reverse method? Im pretty good at wrapping my bars on my 21 Tarmac Pro but it consistently bunches or gaps form up top. Lots of sweat and humidity in FL. Only use Supacaz tape. Just curious if you are still wrapping reverse like this or have you gone back to bottom up? Thx. Love the vids/channel.
Hey man. I've used this method with a supacaz tape and no issues at all during 2 years. Great way to wrap it up. Do you know if with a Lizard Skins tape it will work too? Thanks for the video 😉
What happens if i have a bar end di2 charging port? Also, i have aero bars but want some tape to cushion the bar top. Any tips on that? Thanks for the vid!
ive done it for the top of aero bars too and you can start away form the top of the tip on the barn and then work your way up and then use a bar plug on the top of the bar.... works the same thing...... Now for the di2 junction, thats another story..... I feel like i have but I cant think of anything right now...... I think you might be SOL right now, im gonna check at the store tomorrow and see if I can figure something out with everything in front of me.. Ill get back to you :)
GC Performance thanks man! Looking forward to that reply. I like the look of the bare carbon, but would like some padding on the top via bar tape. I don’t get along with padded gloves unfortunately.
Awesome job!! I guess I have just learnt how to do it myself. What a shame the syncros ic sl cockpit from scott doesn't have that recessed part so the tape sits nice and flush with the handlebars. Canyon bikes also have that. I don't see a reason why other manufacturers won't do it like that.
I used to work at Raleigh and this was the method used many moons ago.
I still wrap my bars this way and in 40 or so years of bike riding I've NEVER had any problems with tape slipping, water ingress, tape fraying or any of the problems stated in these comments.
IF you tape your bars properly in the first place you won't have any problems.
YES!!!!! Finally someone to defend me😁😁
totaly agree, also if we compare to the traditional down-top wrap, the only weak point (given a good and tight wrap) seems to be always the finishing tape
I started working in a Schwinn shop in the early ‘70s. This was the “ Schwinn Approved” method we were taught then just like the comment above, if the tape is stretched properly there is no problem.
Bought my first bike a month ago, replaced the bars and used this method to wrap them. IT WAS EASY AND LOOKS GREAT!!! The key was taking my time. No issues yet!!
Thats awesome!!! I am so happy to help and congrats on the new bike!!! have fun!!!
I have used this video since released 3 years time and time again...and here I am again haha. Love this method.
Welcome back! love to hear it
I never really thought about starting from the top down but wow, I’m going to have to try that. It really gives a clean precise look!
yea just makes it look a little different and no bulky tape or also thats a common place to put hands so I see it all the time the tape where its all over the place and leaves smudges on the bars, just makes everything more cleaner
Love this technique. I do it even with the Di2 junction box in the handle bar. You finish it off with a triangular cut (like you would from bottom towards up) but finish it off with super glue. You stick the last bit of the bar tape on itself. You'd think with wet, dirt, etc it wouldn't hold but it holds it perfectly! I even had to undo it before and reglue and was able to without damaging the tape.
That’s awesome!! Thanks for the help I had someone ask me that
Great idea. Just about to do mine and was wondering how to handle the Junction box bar end👌
When watching this video I thought to myself "but what if I'm using a di2 barplug? :( ", and scrolled down to see your comment - great tip about the glue!
I do this wrapping technique on my trek madone for 3 years. Never had any unwrapping , fray or even tear. Looks clean and sharp too
Thanks for the support!!! I feel like if you do it right you won’t have any issues. Obviously anything will ware and get worn after years but I mean you can replace it like anything
I know right, they're probably not open minded people and refuses to try new things 😂😂
@@shawnbrainard.creative yea thats the only thing I can think of, that they just know what they know and odnt weant to try it new because thats what they heard
Thanks will do this on my next set of tape. Came out really clean.
Yea it looks very nice and you don’t have to worry about sweating on electrical tape when riding
Very cool.....I will definitely be doing this next time....👍🇨🇦
@@kennedystuart5685 Sounds good, you will love it!!!
Thanks for the video mate - wrapped my Rapide bars a few days ago with some “cheap” BBB tape and eh, immediately the tape started to come undone and I just didn’t like it. Picked up some Supacaz earlier today, did it to your method and it is CLEAN. Thanks brother!
yes!@!! i love ot hear it but yes you are right you need a tape with a strong adheasive on th ebottom
I tried double wrapping the bar tape, and it feels great. The larger diameter works well for me. Great how to video.
Very nice glad I can help out
I am super stoked I found this video, I really like how clean the wrap looks without electrical tape. I've yet to test this over next few rides, but so far it looks and feels promising.
it wil last as long as u have a nice tape with a good adhesive strip, and just wrap it clean and tight, I have customers on theres for more then a year some 2 depending on how much they ride, the tape starts to rip to be replaced before anything unravels
@@GCPerformance18 3 rides in and the honeymoon period is over for me. This setup might work for thin wraps, but I keep pushing against the grain on the tops and it's uncomfortable. Looks great tho! :)
This was really helpful, thank you! Just tried the reverse wrap on my Fuji bike and it worked great! I used lizard skins tape, which seems to work really well as it's adhesive backed and also has the beveled edges, which sit really flat. Went for a quick 20 mile test ride and all good. The only negative might be if you don't have carbon bars with internal cables, you'd have to unwrap the entire bar from the bottom to change out cables. Otherwise, all good!
After watching this video, all my bar taps are done this way thanks champ.
thanks so much and I am glad it helped
I taped my aero bars like this. Looks great. Switched the direction of the wrap going down the drops so it won't come undone. Ridden a few hundred miles on it so far and it's holding up fine. We'll see if it lasts. I love the way it looks!
Awesome my friend!! Happy it worked😁
Tell us how it lasted and how many miles you rode
@@Ryem3 It lasted until I crashed my bike and I had to rewrap it 🤣 I had some work done at the shop and they put new tape on the traditional way. I'll do this again when I rewrap. It was holding fine.
Thanks for the vid GC. I wrapped my prime aero bars from the drops and they didn't look very good and where uncomfortable. I tried your method and they turned out pretty good. No more humps from finishing tape, also a lot smoother across the top.
that is awesome, the more you practice too the better it comes out each time
I just learned of the reverse wrap several months ago. I saw a video on a build and the guy wrapped the bar that way. It was a round bar and there were a lot of comments criticizing it. Not sure why as I thought it was a great idea. A couple of months later, I was returning home from a trip with my gravel bike on the back. I guess the rain I rode in on my trip combined with the little bit of rain I drove through caused the tape on my bar tape to come lose. I saw it flapping in my rear view mirror as I drove as it came unwrapped. I put new bar tape on the bike after I got home and reverse wrapped it to hopefully avoid another incident like that. I think it is a great idea and wonder why that hasn't always been them norm.
Perfect. Another great no nonsense informative video. Thank you!
Thanks so much for watching :)
This is exactly what I needed to watch. I recently bought a used bike with Aero Fly II bars and I need to replace the tape ASAP.
awesome glad I could help!!!
Excellent video, I now have all the info to try a reverse wrap and the figure of 8 around the hoods! Really appreciate the video!
you are very welcome!!! Thanks so much for watching
That’s exactly how I wrap my tape👍what a lot of tape manufacturers say don’t stretch the tape but I also wrap it tight👍
Just did this with some supacaz tape to my bike! Looks awesome! Thanks so much for the video! It was very helpful!
Thank you for watching I’m glad I can help!!
Now, I’m ready to buy my S-Work SL7 :)
Good job
lmao thanks so much, all you needed was some tape tutorial and your down to drop 12k like that????? :))
Thanks! I've always wrapped the other way, but I recently wrapped some 2.5 Lizard Skins on an integrated bar and the results were dreadful. I was actually able to re-use the tape (it had only been applied the day before) and it came out very nice. Easier too.
Sounds great!
Perfect for silicone bar tape, can reuse many time. Being practice this skill for years no problems at all unless you didn't pull bartape firmly
Exactly I agree 100 percent 😁😁
Just ordered this exact same tape for the same bars yesterday and your video popped up. Spooky but useful 👍
hahahhaa IM WATCHING YOU.... lol but no im glad I could help
what’s the name of the tape?
@@diegoarias7083 supacaz bar tape
I just did it, it came out great. I appreciate the tutorial!
Thanks so much for the support :) glad I could help
I just tape normally, and finish it at the top with a small amount of super glue. If you wrap it right, you can simply glue the tape to itself underneath the handlebar, so you don't see where it ends, and isn't bulky. I've been riding mine this way for a few thousand miles without any problems. I use the Canyon tape with the Canyon aero bars.
Very nice!! Yea I heard people do that a lot with super glue and they like it. Good info
This is the correct way to wrap Aerofly IIs with bartape. But huge kudos go to the engineer who designed the handlebars in a way the bartape looks super clean when wrapped this way. Not sure you get the same result with others brand aero handlebars. Well done!
yea I love how it makes it flush not to put pressure on the hands with it being taller tape point
Thanks for the video. I will try this out on my SL7. I may reinforce the bar tape with electrical tape before the full loop at the start. It won't be visible, ofcourse.
Glad it helped
I really like how clean this looks, but every time I wrap my bars this way, the tape frays/lifts due to pressure on the overlapping seam. I find going the other way to be better (for me), and the clean look can be obtained by using a tape with a quality finishing strip applied over the electrical tape.
Yea you can def obtain a clean look like with electric tape, but I promise you with the right tape it comes out clean and no wear
For me this is great as it removes the ugly cut bar tape from the top of my bars and hides the cut in the handlebar. I don't have an issue with the electrical tape but i don't like how the tape bulks out after cutting it. Thanks for the content and keep it coming.
Thanks so much :)
That makes a lot more sense. So many start at the bar end and need sticky tape to finish. Thanks.
Could you do a video on building a bike with mechanical shifting? ie. what cables, tools to use, + the whole process.
Yea the sticky tape is the worst after you sweat on it. It starts to peel,
And I can, like a full bike build?? I honestly am the guy at the store who does like the electronics and the higher builds but next one I see I’ll try to grab and try to get some footage I just hate it though because I don’t have a good camera mount and I hate to grab one of my guys to film the whole time
@@GCPerformance18 Anything you can do. There's lots of vids on youtube but they don't go through it step by step or they do it too fast.
If i lived locally i'd came and be your cameraman but alas i'm on the other side of the world 😐 Maybe a tripod is the answer.
@@DanTuber I can probably figure it out or get a go pro of some sort, but I think I would have to do alot of stop starts, but prob go pro, because during the day, were not like these stores you see on youtube where they just do a little montage, our phones ring non stop open to close and customers walk in all the itme so I have to stop building bikes usally to go help them out.... its non stop here.... I would have to do it either on a osmehow rainy slow day or maybe after work
@@GCPerformance18 Understood and all good. 👍
@@DanTuber Ill try my best for you though
Just like we did it in the 80’s. Hopefully the newer tape will resist rolling at the edges like cotton tape did from hand pressure and movement.
yea thats what im thinking too they are making it more and more adheasive on the bottom so it should be getting better and make the longevity last longer :))
Nice video! If you do another handlebar wrap one, do it from the other way starting at the bottom of the bars. I always forget which way to go!
Yea I can do that no problem. I’ll do it tomorrow
Just did this and it turned out amazing. I’ll see how it performs on a group ride in the am.
thanks somuch
Time to try this out *rolls up sleeves*. Clean wrap job 👍👍
Lmao you got this
Thanks, I think it came out well (although I managed to break the tape once, luckily only after the first time around though 😅). Solid instructional vid 👌🏾
@@bebopman5 lol thats awesome, im glad I can help and thanks for the support
Nice! I’ll give it a try. A suggestion for a future video is how to change the bearings on Enve wheels.
Okay sounds good, I’ll have to wait to get an enve in but I’ll see when I can
Those are some nice looking bars. I like the recessed section for the tap. Makes for a much cleaner look
How would you finish it off if you had a Di2 bar end plug?
so i have had people tell me and also I have used a little bit of super glue at the end, and then just hold firmly and it stays good, and then to remove it just peels off, just make sure you super glue the bar tape to more bartape and not tape to bike
Will this technique also work when we run the brake and shifter housing along the bottom of the handle bar?
yes it wil work no problem
Thanks for the new knowledge, clean setup good job man
Thanks so much you have no idea how much I appreciate all this :)
An old video, but SUPER helpful!!! Worked out awesome!!! Thanks!!!
Looks totally clean, but I've learned why you DON'T wrap from the top to the end. Looks nice now, but the edges of the tape are pushed on by your hands as they hold the bars going towards the hoods. The edges quickly fray and even tear. That's why you always wrap from the ends to the tops, the edges of the tape are on the outside. Sorry, but that's why you need tape.
Im telling you, maybe on some cheaper tapes or like a leather tape but on like a nice tape like supacaz or those hd tapes the sticker tacky tape, it doesnt happen, just make it tight enough and tacky side on the bottom and your good to go, now if your just pushing on it constantly and struggling to keep yourself up then yea its going to move but a normal riding position like on the hoods or the bullends of the bar or the drops you dont have to worry
Perhaps with the newer tape, but basic Cinelli cork tape isn't going to last. Tape from the ends in, you don't have a problem.
@@Ryem3 IM teling you, you are not going to have a problem, Ive been wrapping tape like this for years
@@GCPerformance18 Haha, me too! Over 30 years and thousands of miles! But hey, this way looks great with the new aero bars and you're making great videos. Keep em coming!
@@Ryem3 thanks so much I appreciate that alot :)
Makes sense with this kind of bar where there is a specific indentation for the tape on the top. Tape can come of or get sticky anyway if the bike gets too wet etc. I have these bars. Will be trying next time.
Thanks so much and good luck on it, you should have a good time :)
Everything old is new again. I've taped bars this way since the 1970's. I guess we all did. In fact, if I'd had to wrap electrical tape to finish the job, I'd have called it a garbage job. Keep in mind though that the tape I used then was just tape with no padding. As such, pulling tightly when wrapping was enough to avoid significant ridges .
I will admit though that with the padded stuff we get today, it feels much nicer when on the drops to follow the electrical tape method, If you don't wear gloves .
Ending at the plugs technique is just one of those things that the new experts tell you to " never do ".
Just as they told you that narrow high pressure tires are faster ,and high cadence is the only way to go, and always strive to pedal in circles . All of these have now been re-evaluated. Basically do what works best for you seems to be the current attitude .
By the way, I once heard that Alberto Contador always taped his bars ending up at the plugs.
Yea man, that’s crazy!! Good info, but yea I mean when I started working at the shop the thing to do was to run 700x19 or 21c tires pump them up to 120-130 (I ran 140) somethings, and now it’s all 25 or 28s or even 30s running at 80-100 psi. Crazy to me
Thank You for such a great video. I was able to redo the tape that was originally on my New Tarmac Pro. First time wrapping bars and can't believe I was able to to it and make it look great. Thank You for make it so easy for me. Zimmer
Thanknyou for watching and I’m glad I can help
Will this work on Supercaz star fade design?
How do you level Aerofly II bars? Do you level tops to be flat with the ground or do you have some angle?
hoenstly jsut by eye and make them level to the ground lol and I usaully put the bottom of the shifters right on the 25 line but it is preference to the rider and what they like more
Did this on my touring bike with surly cornerbars looks and feels good to me
thats aweosme I am glad u enjoy
Can this method be done on round handle bars. Not the flat (aero) one shown in the video?
Yes it can. I just did a video. Check my recents, and it was like 7-8 videos back. I did it to a round bar
this tape has soooo much of adhesive as well as its sticking so well to the bars that i wouldn't worry about the direction of the wrap.
it looks cool and ill try it definitely on my system six. good video! Always cool to see something new :)
Thanks so much and yes that’s what I’m saying. The tape is so sticky there is no worries
Sick, thank you! Will try this the next time I hate using tape.
lol no worries im glad I could help :)
Love it! Looks perfect on my venge. Great tutorial 👌🏻. Thanks 👊🏻
glad U enjoyed the video and thank you for watching
What should I do if I have shimano's bar end junction box? How to fix bar tape at the end of the drop?
It’s difficult, I have seen people run super glue on the bottom and let it sit. And glue the tape to the tape
@@GCPerformance18 I assumed something like that. Now I'm using mechanical 105 and I wrapped bar tape like in your video and it fits perfectlu, but I'm hoping to replace my 105 soon with di2 ultegra with the bar end junction box and that's how this question was born in my head. May by I will cut the end of the bar tape in order to prevent folds and use classic electric tape, even if I don't want to. Anyway, I will be glad to see a video from you on this topic!
Thank you so much for this video! It looks very clean indeed. You earned my subscription :)
The mechanic of Victor Campenaerts starts with some sticky tape on the bars first.
Thanks so much for the support, and very nice with the sticky tape, I might try that on my personal bike
do this if u change bartapes monthly or usually at the drops. bartape at the top part peels off easily because the exposed edge is where there's pushing/friction when using the hood area (majority of cyclists)
report here after 400km
Very clean. I like it:D All bar tape should be done up like this.
😁😁 thanks I understand it all comes down to preference but yes I prefer this way too
Amazing technique! Thanks for sharing! 👏👏👏
Thanks for watching! I hope u enjoyed
Thanks for the video. About to do my first bar tape myself. How would u wrap a FADE supacaz tape and make sure the fade led portion lines up?
I have not attempeted that yet, I usually use the tape method for the specific wrap jobs
@@GCPerformance18 thanks for the reply. Ended going the traditional wrap method and I don’t like it Gonna rewrap lol
@@GCPerformance18 handlebar leveling advise on the aeroflys. Do u level the bar ends straight up 90°? Hard to flush the hoods and the top of the bars like that
Nice! Gonna give this a shot next week after I get a new set of bartape!
You got this lol very easy
Nice video brother!!! Thanks can you make a tutorial video on how to adjust a DI2 ultegra??!?
Of course I will do it soon
There a reason you wrap towards the bike be away from the bike or could you do it both ways?
the reason was that you twist it would unravel but i mean if you wrap good and you are in kind of good shape there is no worries
What’s the stock size on that type of handlebar for size 56 bike? Thanks GC!
Usually a 42cm
@@GCPerformance18 that would be which one of these?: SYNCROS CRESTON IC SL X INTEGRATED??? Thanks for getting back! 🤙🏻
I remember having a Peugeot bike years ago that came like this. It looks loads better, I’m going to rewrap like this 👍🏻
yes this makes the bikes look expensive
Had speculated this would be the way! Appreciated
Lol you got it!! Very simple :)
Great tip, great video, love it, thanks 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
thanks so much for watching I appreciate it
@@GCPerformance18 you are a star mate 👊🏻
Day late and a dollar short. I used the very same SuperCaz tape and wrapped my rt side bar last nite, using the standard method. great job and I suck at wrapping bar tape, I don't think im stretching the tape as i move up the bar.
lol just take it off and start over, I mean im good at it because honestly its my job to do it and I get to do it so much, so its just repition, and also me having the bike stand so I can pul on the bike without it moving helps out lol.... but you can do it good
@@GCPerformance18 When i wrap the left side I put it on the stand. I definitely struggled with it on the ground
@@lexist2112 yea.... you have to, thats the only real way to get a nice wrap
I think that wouldn´t work for me, as now the overlaps point towards the rider, not away from him/her. So if I apply a little bit more downwards or forward force to the tape and slip over it, won´t the edge then break and flip over?
This won´t happen if you wrap the tape beginning from the bottom.
No it won’t. If I wrap it you won’t have the issue. As long as the tape is a nice quality and has a nice adheasive on there and you wrap it tight. No issues
Here’s another opinion from a pro th-cam.com/video/YdsIFmG9qoQ/w-d-xo.html
I’ll stay with the electric tape. 😄 But it sure looks better without!
How's that brand of bar tape???..I hear mix reviews..whats a good bar tape that you would recommend using..??? I couldn't get the specialized aero fly 2 bars so I went with the new improved prime Primavera aero bars..the new version Primavera looks like the aerofly 2 but without the little pieces to make it look flush..check the look out on Chain reaction cycles under "Primavera aero carbon"...they have an older model and now the newer model..alot good reviews over the month on the prime Primavera carbon bars..
I love the tape just right now they are hard to find in stock but it feels really nice and grippy and also has some plushness to them
@@GCPerformance18 ok cool thanks
Hi, thanks very much for the method! How are these Supacaz bands holding up since you installed them 3years ago? Thanks!
it holds up very nice, this was a stock bike but i sell supacaz all the time it is a nice tape
@@GCPerformance18 thanks! I've read comments saying the colored layer tended to peel off after some time. Did you experience this with your customers? Cheers!
Yes, definitely My next wrapping job...✌🏼
Thanks so much for the support, means alot :)
Off topic question. What tires are those? And do you know if they make them in blue?
those are the sworks turbo cotton tires 700x26 and no they do not make them blue
@@GCPerformance18 thanks for the response
love this wrap method, I always come back to this video, will I ever be able to wrap bars without it?! :D
:)) thanks so much!! for watching!!
How do you rap the tape the other way so the tape is facing down
I did a video for that too its like 3 videos down form this to wrap it normal way
Best way to wrap bars for me ..always looks better and cleaner look.
Hello, just want to ask the length of each bartape? Thanks
just a normal stock bartape I do not know the length
I know electrical tape is the most common way everyone finishes off the wrap job but not me. I use wax twine. Every electrical tape shifts and comes loose, it's just the glue doesn't hold well especially if you live in a warmer climate. The wax twine comes in any color you want from Amazon and if you know how to install it it will stay put and never ever loosen.
Extremely clean!! 👍🏻
Glad you like it! it looks really good in person and you dont get the sticky tape feel from the electric tape when you sweat on it
Nice, super clean.
Thanks friend
Such a cool bike too 👌🏼
thank you very much
Looks great very clean looking 👌
Thanks 👍 I appreciate it I try for oyu guys!!
Great Job,, maybe you can show us how to make the brake levers closer or further from the hands
ahhh I can do that for sure
How to so with my di2 junction box at the end of the bars??
so i have seen and also have done a little bit of super glue at the end and just put a dab on the tape and the wrap it there, if that makes sense
Done! I hate the look of tape. I have a couple bars to wrap soon, and I will be doing exactly this
go for it!!! it works really, well just make sure you pull it tight!!! but not to tight so you dont rip the tape
How do you keep the hydro lines/cables from rattling around in those bars?
my secret is I make the cut for the brake line a little long so when I put the shifter on there it pushes the line to the back of the bar and puts tension on it causing it not to move and make like an s shape in there.... lol just alot of tension on the cable and it doesnt rattle at all
@@GCPerformance18 thanks for the reply I'll try that next SL7 build!
@@robbyracer9715 yea its very nice just push them in more
Nice wrap. Very Professional.
Thanks so much :)
@@GCPerformance18 Looks like its wrong on my SL7Pro. Did it come wrong from specialized or does the LBS put on the bar tape? Can I undo and redo it the way you are showing or do I have to buy all new tape? Thanks.
@@johnezimmer yea you can undo and redo, there is no problem and the local bike shop has to wrap it so they might just do it stock because its easier way
@@GCPerformance18 Thanks for the reply. Ill just watch your video and try and redo myself. Then Ill take it back to the LBS so they can redo my shit job. ;-)
@@johnezimmer lol you can always keep trying its not gonna hurt but also if your just tired of it, take it there they should be able to do it while you wait
Wish I could use this method, but I've got a bar end Di2 junction box, so no way to secure it that end!
you could use super glue, or use the bar tape tapoe that comes with it at the end
@@GCPerformance18 That was, by far, the best handlebar taping I've ever done - cheers!
Supacaz tape is too short to reverse wrap bars if you want to cover the bars closer to the stem. But I love how clean it looks to reverse wrap. I use 44 or 46mm bars and the ENVY tape is my favorite due to the extra length compared to other brands.
I think they got way cheaper, back in the day they were such nicer quality
Thanks, will do on my next wrapping.
thank you!!!!
Will handle bar good on roubaix experts?
yea they work great
can you get both sides of the bar with one roll of bar tape since you're leaving the tops exposed?
no I cant, its very little left after cutting it
@gcperformance its been 1.5 years since you posted this vid originally. Are you still backing the reverse method? Im pretty good at wrapping my bars on my 21 Tarmac Pro but it consistently bunches or gaps form up top. Lots of sweat and humidity in FL. Only use Supacaz tape. Just curious if you are still wrapping reverse like this or have you gone back to bottom up? Thx. Love the vids/channel.
Of course I am!! I still do it to this day and still have the bikes I did this originally. It still holds
@@GCPerformance18 thanks for the feedback. I just reverse wrapped my Tarmac bars and it came out 🔥🔥🔥! Thx again.
hey, whats the tyres model?
specialized turbo cotons
@@GCPerformance18 thanks!
All about the reverse Wrap. It's so clean! 🙌🏽
#RobbArmstrong
lmaoooo yes it is nice
3:32 if you're shoving the excess into the bar why does it matter which way it's cut?
because if you cut it the other way, frayed cut peice would be showing instead of the normal uncut tape
nice job on that one. love those bars
Thanks so much
FAck! Love it. I've been trying to get a clean look/setup on my bar wrap for years. Does it only work in Sup[a?
thanks so much :))) No I have done it with every tape, specialzied cork, roubaix, hd, zipp sram, fizik, everything
Hey man. I've used this method with a supacaz tape and no issues at all during 2 years. Great way to wrap it up.
Do you know if with a Lizard Skins tape it will work too? Thanks for the video 😉
yes it will work fine, as long as the tape has a nice adheasive on th ebottom
This looks super nice !
thank you so much :)
What happens if i have a bar end di2 charging port? Also, i have aero bars but want some tape to cushion the bar top. Any tips on that? Thanks for the vid!
ive done it for the top of aero bars too and you can start away form the top of the tip on the barn and then work your way up and then use a bar plug on the top of the bar.... works the same thing......
Now for the di2 junction, thats another story..... I feel like i have but I cant think of anything right now...... I think you might be SOL right now, im gonna check at the store tomorrow and see if I can figure something out with everything in front of me.. Ill get back to you :)
GC Performance thanks man! Looking forward to that reply. I like the look of the bare carbon, but would like some padding on the top via bar tape. I don’t get along with padded gloves unfortunately.
@@rav3nst33l same here to much material and makes it feel weird
Awesome job!! I guess I have just learnt how to do it myself.
What a shame the syncros ic sl cockpit from scott doesn't have that recessed part so the tape sits nice and flush with the handlebars.
Canyon bikes also have that. I don't see a reason why other manufacturers won't do it like that.
idk but it stil works on any bikes without it being recessed, its very clean looking still :)