How to wrap your handlebars.

[JB]

Everything you should ever need to know about handlebar wrapping.

http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/handlebar-tape-installation-drop-bar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekizzm2Skso

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XHe7t1tjv0

Note the difference between the Park Tool wrapping style vs. the folks in the videos, it would not have occurred to me to switch wrapping directions on the flats vs. the drops.

Also note the electrical tape "pinstriping" concept, which provides an almost Mattsonesque level of detail to the handlebar.

Should you want to get extra fancy and go for the "Harlequin" wrap, here are instructions for that:

http://www.wastedlife.org/bike/harlequin/index.html

http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Diamond_Handlebar_Wrap

It's clearly only a matter of time before I obtain a bike with drop bars.

[Steve Mattson]

Park directions:  I go the opposite direction, they rotate inward, I rotate outward.
That dude from the SLC Bike Collective and his helping gloved hands:  too fast and i'm suspecting he's on meth or just drank a gallon of coffee as he only talks the entire time.