drops/brakes

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

1. Depending on the kind of gel wrap you used, you may not have to totally unwrap your bars in order to move your hoods. I have partially unwrapped and rewrapped bars for adjustments before using the same tape with no problem. You have to be a little careful of course. The gel will make it more of a hassle, but even that is probably not insurmountable if you have patience.....
4. When you talk about gel "taking up room", where are you talking about? Are the drops feeling like the drop is too compact? Or something else?

Liza, I 'think' Elk put some foam pads in various places on her bars UNDER her tape.....like these, maybe?:
http://www.wallbike.com/oddsnends/marsas.html
http://harriscyclery.net/itemdetails.cfm?ID=2364

Yes, one can sometimes re-wrap the bars using the same tape if you unwrap them very carefully.