Stem to end looks fine, and with some wrap materials probably is fine.
But my experience with leather and "cork" is that wrapped stem to end my
hands peel back the edges of the wrapping between the hoods and the
stem. This might not happen with cloth, and certainly won't happen with
shellacke
i've done end to stem, but recently switched over from stem to end. it
looks cleaner.
On Monday, January 1, 2018 at 1:55:08 PM UTC-5, ted wrote:
>
> Back in the nearly forgotten days of my youth I recall wrapping bar tape
> from the stem to towards the end, tucking a bit in the end and finishing
I have found end-to-stem cotton bartape/twine/shellac gets loose after a
year of riding for me. The twine and cotton rotates like a solid cuff when
it gets loose. Adding shellac gets it to stick to the bar again.
I have since gone to blue lizard skins and twine looks good on it, too. But
again,
Nice. I see you have your braided steel cables back or were they ever
missing?
I found this yesterday -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crosscolin/4973667070/in/photostream/
I don't like bull horn bars but I sure do like the wrap. I wonder how
long that twine would hold up though. I guess given
Since we're posting bar wraps, here's the latest revision on my Hilsen. I
just went back to drops to fight the May winds, and did the wrap over the
long weekend - plenty of time to let the shellac dry. I kept the diamonds
more subdued this time around...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stonehog/578
The shellac covered cloth is not nearly as comfy as the diamond weaved
leather bar wrap. That was pretty thick leather and basically a
double layer. Although since I've owned this frame my bars are not
nearly as low as my previous bike so there is less weight on my
hands. I find it just fine. I
