Originally Posted by
genejockey
I like the adhesive, because I'm forever misplacing the electrical tape or the shears I use to cut the angled end up by the stem, and I have to step away and find them, and when I come back, with the adhesive I only have to redo the last loop.
LOL I am reminded of the slippery plastic tape my old (70s-era) Sears bike had..... It wasn't stretchy or clingy at all so you had to keep it wound tightly the whole time until you could tape down the ends. Letting go for just a moment would cause a dozen or more loops to immediately uncoil!
I also seem to remember starting at the stem and finishing down by the bar ends. If there were mistakes to be made - I made them!