Figure 8 Handlebar Tape EXPLAINED // Wrap Like a Pro! 

Also, he says to go counter-clockwise as he's wrapping clockwise. Might have been a bit of confusion in the production of the video.

Same! It's more in line with the movements of the hands during a climb...

Ha don’t waste a good tape job

More comments like yours please 😆

Ha! right on

😆 nice

Thx, Paul!

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Haha right

Ha yea, misspoke. And I was trying to be extra clear too..

Ritchey Beacon in this example

I think the idea is if you’re holding the tops, you’re naturally inclined to roll forward, which is in line with the tape direction

I also think that the tape should be wrapping back toward the rider on the tops. I feel like my grip pulls backward more in this position. If you think of the way your thumbs fall when you're on the tops of the bars, it would be in the same direction of the wrap this way. But I guess as long as the bar is covered and it holds nicely, one way isn't necessarily more correct than the other.

Thx for chiming in! Right. No one correct way to do it. Which.. kind of defeats the purpose of a how-to 😆

Yes, your are correct. The kind of wrapping a figure 8 around the lever shown in this video is causing the conflict, that either on the top or on the bottom you have a conflict with the ideal wrap rotation. You have 2 solutions for this conflict: 1) Accept this conflict and check out in practice if you find any negative consequence in longer term faster than usual/expected degradation on the tape. Non ideal wrap orientation may be compensated by many of today's offered bar tapes and applying pull force at the upper allowed limit may help to avoid any problems with opposite to ideal wrap orientation. In one video a professional from a bike racing team even explained, that he starts wrapping at the bottom from the outside to the inside. However professional bikes may be re-wrapped much more frequently than "normal" user bikes and therefore it is best you are fixing your personal targets that you want to achieve by your wrap method and take advise by professionals with a grain of salt. 2) Change to a slightly modified figure 8 wrap method as shown for example in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4iekC7HnG4o.html This figure 8 wrap method includes a wrap orientation change from clockwise to counter-clockwise or vice-versa while passing the lever. One disadvantage on this modified figure 8 wrapping is however when you have a bar tape that has a one sided logo or mark, then either on top or bottom side this logo/mark is hidden/covered.

I always push forward on the tops, never backwards. So i like this way of wrapping.

Ha and I tried to be so clear too..

Ha my guess is the center strip will leave behind adhesive. Very similar to the Cinelli. They’re tacky bar tape has a different adhesive. My guess it that will be easier to remove

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Tried every method over 25 years. This makes the most sense to me

Haha there’s no right way

You know it

Totally