Level of difficultyfor everyone
ToolScissors
MaterialHandlebar tape, insulating tape, cleaning solvent, coarse fabric tape, cloth
TIPS
- Use soap or hand wash paste with abrasive particles and scrub the moistened handlebar tape by hand. Wipe with a damp cloth and dry with a cotton cloth. The tape is then almost as good as new.
- Do not wrap the tape from the top of the handlebar centre downwards. This may look nicer at first glance, but experience has shown that the tape slips quite quickly in the upper handlebar bend.
- Wrapping beautifully takes time. To make sure it fits perfectly, you have to unwind the ribbon a few centimetres from time to time.
- The sealing strips supplied are often inelastic - commercially available insulating tape is more suitable.
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