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A co-worker was suggesting I should do a double color for my handlebars, and that got me searching for interesting ways to go about doing that.

Lo’ and behold, Rivendell has an article from Ted Durant on how to weave your bar tape. I only wish there were more pictures of each step. Perhaps I’ll give this a shot this weekend.

“The hardest part is the start. Cut the tail end of one color on the diagonal, so that the diagonal part lays flush with the end of the bar as you begin wrapping. The angle of the cut needs to be just right to get the tape started correctly. There should be no overlap and no gap as the tape comes around the bar each time. Get that first color started one turn and let it hang from the bar.

The second color will now start in the opposite direction, much like a normal wrap job. Take a full wrap around flush to the bar end, then angle inward. The big trick is to have the second color tuck under the first color right where the first color completes its first wrap of the bar. Spend some time trying different starting points with the second color to make this come out right.

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update: Leave it to the FixedGearGallery people to have a most excellent HOWTO full of photos.