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12-04-22, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by DiabloScott
OCD would count the laps - both sides the same number of wraps, both above and below the brakes. A truly OCD would be counting as they wrap and already know how many laps it was going to be.
12-04-22, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Vinnems
I'm stuck in my habits, but I don't know why starting at the stem isn't more popular. I can't see it not resulting in an equal product; you're wrapping the same, just backwards.
12-04-22, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Vinnems
I'm stuck in my habits, but I don't know why starting at the stem isn't more popular. I can't see it not resulting in an equal product; you're wrapping the same, just backwards. Most tapes offer more than enough that you don't need to worry about running out.
Next time I do a wrap job, I think I'll give it a try.
Next time I do a wrap job, I think I'll give it a try.
12-04-22, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Vinnems
I'm stuck in my habits, but I don't know why starting at the stem isn't more popular. I can't see it not resulting in an equal product; you're wrapping the same, just backwards. Most tapes offer more than enough that you don't need to worry about running out.
Next time I do a wrap job, I think I'll give it a try.
Next time I do a wrap job, I think I'll give it a try.
https://www.italianroadbikemirror.com/
great mirror but seems to rotate from time to time and i need to undo the bar tape to fix. so, by going from stem to end i don't have to undo all the tape.
not unhappy with the result and i don't have to use the crappy tape that comes with the kit to hold the bar tape at the stem.
12-05-22, 12:46 AM
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Originally Posted by DiabloScott
OCD would count the laps - both sides the same number of wraps, both above and below the brakes. A truly OCD would be counting as they wrap and already know how many laps it was going to be.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
Making sure any logos line up in a repeating pattern that is the same on both sides.
12-05-22, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by DiabloScott
OCD would count the laps - both sides the same number of wraps, both above and below the brakes. A truly OCD would be counting as they wrap and already know how many laps it was going to be.
Originally Posted by genejockey
Making sure any logos line up in a repeating pattern that is the same on both sides.
Originally Posted by SoSmellyAir
That is impossible!
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Originally Posted by SoSmellyAir
That is impossible!
I have heard that bike shops will tell the new guy that he HAS TO have exactly the same amount of tape left over on each side, just to watch him go nuts trying. I think I managed that ONCE.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
Possibly, but I checked my bikes last night, and one at least one, although the logos didn't line up, they were in the same places on the left and right sides.
Originally Posted by genejockey
I have heard that bike shops will tell the new guy that he HAS TO have exactly the same amount of tape left over on each side, just to watch him go nuts trying. I think I managed that ONCE.
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Originally Posted by DiabloScott
OCD would count the laps - both sides the same number of wraps, both above and below the brakes. A truly OCD would be counting as they wrap and already know how many laps it was going to be.
Originally Posted by genejockey
Making sure any logos line up in a repeating pattern that is the same on both sides.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
I have heard that bike shops will tell the new guy that he HAS TO have exactly the same amount of tape left over on each side, just to watch him go nuts trying. I think I managed that ONCE.
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