How to Wrap Handlebars on a Road bike (SUPACAZ) REVERSE WRAP *NO TAPE* *SPECIALIZED TARMAC SL7*
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2020
- Hey everyone this is just a quick video and easy video on how to wrap bar tape for a road bike...
This way teaches you how to wrap it reverse with no electrical tape....
If you have any other tips or mechanical help that you want me to show or review please lemme knwo down in the comments and I will answer you as soon as I can thanks so much :)
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As always thanks so much and Ill see you all in the next video :)
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
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 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
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
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!
Perfect. Another great no nonsense informative video. Thank you!
Thanks so much for watching :)
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!!
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! :)
I just did it, it came out great. I appreciate the tutorial!
Thanks so much for the support :) glad I could help
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
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
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!!!
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!!!
Had speculated this would be the way! Appreciated
Lol you got it!! Very simple :)
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!
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
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
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.
Love it! Looks perfect on my venge. Great tutorial 👌🏻. Thanks 👊🏻
glad U enjoyed the video and thank you for watching
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????? :))
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👍
Spotless! Love it
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
Those are some nice looking bars. I like the recessed section for the tap. Makes for a much cleaner look
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
Thanks for the new knowledge, clean setup good job man
Thanks so much you have no idea how much I appreciate all this :)
Amazing technique! Thanks for sharing! 👏👏👏
Thanks for watching! I hope u enjoyed
After watching this video, all my bar taps are done this way thanks champ.
thanks so much and I am glad it helped
An old video, but SUPER helpful!!! Worked out awesome!!! Thanks!!!
Yes, definitely My next wrapping job...✌🏼
Thanks so much for the support, means alot :)
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 😂😂
@@shawnriveral 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
This looks super nice !
thank you so much :)
Great video, so clearly explained!
I appreciate it so much!!
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.
Such a cool bike too 👌🏼
thank you very much
Super clean
Thank you
Nice, super clean.
Thanks friend
Thanks for the tip, I will try this next time
Looks great very clean looking 👌
Thanks 👍 I appreciate it I try for oyu guys!!
Very clean.
Thanks!
Very Nice. Hope to try it soon.
hope u enjoy
Just did this and it turned out amazing. I’ll see how it performs on a group ride in the am.
thanks somuch
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 :)
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 :)
Thx for this vid!!
Thanks, will do on my next wrapping.
thank you!!!!
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 😁😁
Thats clean🤙🏾
thanks!!!!
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
Nice! Gonna give this a shot next week after I get a new set of bartape!
You got this lol very easy
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
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
Sick, thank you! Will try this the next time I hate using tape.
lol no worries im glad I could help :)
Great tip, great video, love it, thanks 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
thanks so much for watching I appreciate it
@@GCPerformance18 you are a star mate 👊🏻
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!
That is awesome!
It looks really sharp in person
Thanks for info bro well done
thank oyu!!
So clean
Appreciate it, I try :)
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
nice job on that one. love those bars
Thanks so much
Excellent! TY
good job, so good
Many many thanks
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
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
Nice product.
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 :)
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
Nice job!
Thanks!
Thanks for this!
you are welcome :)
I wrapped my bars very nicely.
yea it comes out very nice
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 :))
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
Best way to wrap bars for me ..always looks better and cleaner look.
Did this on my touring bike with surly cornerbars looks and feels good to me
thats aweosme I am glad u enjoy
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
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
you da man!
thanks so much your the man :)
I will try this method when I get my aero handlebars
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 :)
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
Thanks a lot!
You're welcome!
I’ll try this out on my new set of tape 🙌🏻🙌🏻
go for it!!! you got this :)
Nice 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Thanks so much
🔥🔥🔥
thanks rae
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
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
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.
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
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
dope!
Thanks so much
All about the reverse Wrap. It's so clean! 🙌🏽
#RobbArmstrong
lmaoooo yes it is nice
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
Ever since I noticed this trick; I have redo all my bartape to reverse wrap
Good!
Thank you! Cheers!
Nice video brother!!! Thanks can you make a tutorial video on how to adjust a DI2 ultegra??!?
Of course I will do it soon
Wow looks super clean, never tapped from the top down, anyways my Aerofly 2 cracked right were you started (🍋) hope I can get same clean look on Enve SES Aero
:)) yea you should not have an issue and i am sorry to hear about that with the aerofly 2 bars
You can do it like this and from
bottom to top like the mechanics of team ineos, they use super glue instead of electrical tape.
yes I have done this as well.... It works well f you make it look clean enough
nice
Thanks so much!!!
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
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