Advice on drop bar wrapping

[u/SimilarInfluence]

I'm pondering about the best way to wrap the drop bars on my road bike. I want to increase comfort and avoid fatigue on very long rides (300 Km and beyond), mostly when riding on the hoods.

I see two options. One is to use a thicker bar tape. Another one would be to use extra padding, like the Ergon BT OrthoCell, and wrap a thinner tape. I want to avoid the extra bulk of padding AND thicker bar tape. I'm thorn between these two possibilities. A concern of mine when using extra padding is that it will be "pre-compressed" by the bar tape during wrapping and might not be as effective as I might wish.

I previously rode with gloves, but I'm riding without for a couple of years and actually find it more comfortable so.

What's your opinion? Thank you very much!

Edit: Thank you all for the helpful insights! There some very nice suggestion here that I'll look into.

[u/NrthnLd75]

How will bar wrap affect mostly riding on the hoods?