I’m planning to do the four color wrap, but it wasn’t too easy to find directions online, here are my notes from a search last month:
The best directions: https://imgur.com/a/lGGeb >From Flickr, "that appears to be a 4-tape weave" here <https://www.flickr.com/photos/parapulse/4824991949/> 1 White 1 Black 2 Orange Yes; just tried it. The two same-colored strands (orange in this case) go parallel, and the accent colors (white and black here) go antiparallel to the orange (and parallel to each other). It's an over-under-over-under weave--each strand takes that course. Actually believe it or not, it's simpler to make look good than the normal 2-strand 2-color variety, because since each strand does not wrap next to itself on the next revolution, you can use more of an angle to the bar, producing a nicer diamond shape, and all colors have nice even diamonds. I think it doesn't even cost as much more as one might think (assuming you get a roll size of at least 8 or 9 feet) because each strand covers almost twice the bar as on the two-strand variety, so you only have to buy *1* of each color and then you cut the main color (orange here) in half to obtain the necessary two strands per side. In fact this weave is so much nicer than the 2-strand variety, I would recommend using it even for a two-color harlequin, using two strands of each color. AND, for a sparser (perhaps less garish) look, you can do 3 strands of one color and 1 strand of the accent, producing few more widely spaced accent diamonds. See post #13 here <https://www.bikeforums.net/bicycle-mechanics/860031-wrap-bars-three-colors.html> : 2 color video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le43Tm6neVo>: Good examples and directions on 2 color tape and starting <https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/Diamond_Handlebar_Wrap>: Another good 2 color tape guide <http://smutpedaller.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-postmaster-part-5-harlequin.html> On Saturday, 23 October 2021 at 16:25:08 UTC-7 Tom M wrote: > [image: 65076308421__991D1118-34A0-4AB4-BB1D-ED920F9167B7.jpeg] > Velo Orange tape on my single speed. Very cushy and pretty easy to wrap. > Tom in Alexandria, VA > On Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 6:34:14 PM UTC-4 kwi...@weimar.edu wrote: > >> How do you guys keep the bar tape so clean? >> >> On Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 5:50 AM lconley <lco...@brph.com> wrote: >> >>> My two tone blue on drops - my first attempt at harlequin wrapping. Not >>> the best picture, but the only one that I have. >>> >>> [image: IMG_1754 (2).JPG] >>> Laing >>> >>> On Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 8:39:40 AM UTC-4 sof...@gmail.com >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I've enjoyed the newbaum cotton wrapped handlebars on my platy so much >>>> that I am going get them on my riv blue clem! Anyone care to share pics of >>>> yours? Looking for some color inspo (i.e. wavering between something >>>> elegant and subdued like dark blue, grey, or brown -- to something more >>>> striking like orange or even hot pink). >>> >>> -- >>> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/18a3a1b6-2686-4225-ae75-82f5b6571d4cn%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/18a3a1b6-2686-4225-ae75-82f5b6571d4cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/98b35519-d8c7-45aa-80d8-f7b12c18a196n%40googlegroups.com.
