Other way Elliot.
- Start at the bar end with half a tape width overlapping the end (to be pushed in snug with the bar end when you've finished) and with the start of the tape at the bottom of the bar.
- Wrap whilst pulling taught overlapping approx half the width of the tape all the way.
- Wrapping from the bar end you should be wrapping from inside to outside, so clockwise on the right, anti-clockwise on the left, this means that when riding the bike on the drops if you grip the bars tighter you will, if anything, be tightening the tape to the bars rather than twisting against it and risking undoing it. It is also the way your hands will naturally move, being to rotate out not in on the drops.
- When you get to the brake levers you do a turn tight up against the underneath and then bring the tape round as if to do another wrap but bring it up the inside and over the top of the hood (having first put the little bits of tape behind the levers so no gaps show).
- Continue to wrap along the top of the bars with the half width overlaps.
- When you get towards the end of the tape, or where you want to finish it bring it over as if to do one wrap too many and then cut the tape at a diagonal to finish the end at a taper, this gives a neat finish that's parallel to the stem and not at a jaunty angle.
- Wrap some insulating tape over the end of the tape to seal it off, if you wan to be uber-neat you can apply a little bit of heat gently to the insulating tape and it contracts a bit for an even tidier job.
- Put the bar end plugs in making sure you have all the excess tape tucked in behind, if you do this with a slight twisting motion then it normally makes it a tighter and neater fit.
- Pull the rubber back in place on the levers, all done
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The more you do it the easier it gets and, normally, the neater the finished result. Some tapes are easier than others to use, I've found Stella Azzura the best and the Bontrager and Specialized stuff isn't bad.