handlebar tape issue(or not?)

In the old days no bar tape had adhesive, and it was fine.

The adhesive is suposed to help the wrapping process, once wrapped properly I haven't heard anything to indicate that it enhances the durability or resistance to unwrapping...

cldpsu said:

It came with no ahdesive. do i risk it twirling out of place without adhesion?

You'll probably be OK. Just be sure to maintain a good amount of tension on the tape as you wrap it.

One trick that I sometimes used to do was to loosely pre-wrap the bar with friction tape (not the same as plastic clectrical tape). That provided some stick-um to help hole the handlebar wrap in place.

All Italian handlebar tape is like this. 🙄 Just keep the tension high. It will work fine.

cldpsu said:

It came with no ahdesive. do i risk it twirling out of place without adhesion?

carbonguru said:

All Italian handlebar tape is like this. 🙄 Just keep the tension high. It will work fine.

I doubt that is the case. "All" is a pretty powerful word.