Court’s guide to taping Bullhorns
Since I ruined the [tag]handle[/tag] [tag]bar[/tag] [tag]tape[/tag] on my [tag]fixed[/tag] [tag]gear[/tag] I decided to take advantage of this opportunity to write up a how to on how to [tag]wrap[/tag] [tag]bullhorns[/tag].
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While your legs provide your main source of power while you are on your bicycle, your hands provide a crucial contact point when sprinting, climbing, and stopping. Granted some people think naked shiny bars look nice, do your hands a favor and tape your bars.
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This guide is going to cover taping up bullhorns without brake levers.
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Things you will need before hand
It is much easier to have everything in reach before you get started, because nothing sucks worse than having a nice neat job ruined because you cant find the tape to finish it.
Lets Get Started
You are going to tape from the inside towards to outside of your bars, this way when you are cranking on the bars to climb you are tightening your bar tape.
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With your handlebars in one hand take the bar tape and make a complete loop around them once with the bar tape. (The reason I do this is because it gives me a nice cushy bulge at the top of the bars)
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Continue wrapping down your bars in even passes. Each pass should should should pass over the previous one half way.[newline]
Work in slow tight even loops until you get to the middle of your handle bars near the stem. Now for the tricky part that will result in a neat looking job. You need to take your last pass and cut it at an angle even with the layer underneath it. [newline]
Make sure to keep all of this nice and tight.
Take your electrical tape and overlap it half way around your handle bar tape. Going in the direction you have been wrapping your handle bar tape.
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Loop the electrical tape around your bars once or twice making sure to cover the exposed edges of the handle bar tape neatly. Be sure to insert end plugs into the open ends of your handle bars to keep them from gouging holes out of your arms or legs.
They should look something like this when you are done.
