Grips - tips and tricks please!!

[Whatleymeister]

Hi there!

So, this is a nice simple one and I am sure that everyone has their own way, but what do people recommend as a way to get grips on nice and easy? I always fight through the process with nothing - you can't beat a grip that's got nothing between it and the bar!

Anyhow, the raceface grips I have just bought are really putting up a fight :twisted: and any tips would be welcomed. Should i keep them all beautifully in the pack since the demise of raceface....?!

Thanks

Dan

 

[IDB1]

Hairspray is your friend.. spray the bars (only the bit that the grips will cover) and inside the grip. . .

 

[orange71]

I use water. Dip them in a cup of water and they slide on nicely, then the water evaporates and they are are stuck on like glue.

To reverse the process I push a plastic/wooden lolly stick down between the grip and the handlebar and pour water down the gap and twist the grip. Hey presto, off it slides .

 

[Drencrom]

Hairspray is your friend.. spray the bars (only the bit that the grips will cover) and inside the grip. . .

+1

Sometimes I use an old spoke (carefully) to help get the 'spray down the end.

 

[Whatleymeister]

Thanks folks! I have heard the hairspray one, but can count my hairs on one hand so don't really have any to use! I will raid the girlfriends room for some when I see her.

Water it is for now until then. Thanks for the tips folks

 

[REKIBorter]

Water is the best lubricant for rubber. Use the water trick like Orange71 above.

 

[GT-Steve]

I use a squirt of GT85.

Probably knackers them in the long run, but it's always worked for fitting and removal, and they always seem to stick fast once it's evaporated..

 

[Drencrom]

I've had the same can of hairspray in the lubes'n'oils box (snigger) since '95. Retro-spray. There's probably a site for that somewhere...

 

[IDB1]

I've had the same can of hairspray in the lubes'n'oils box (snigger) since '95. Retro-spray. There's probably a site for that somewhere...

Bought a cheap tin from the local supermarket about a year ago. . does the job and I reckon I'll lose it before it runs out :?

On the motorbikes grips we always used Elnette for some reason.. probably because that's what Mum had on her dresser

 

[GT-Steve]

On the motorbikes grips we always used Elnette for some reason.. probably because that's what Mum had on her dresser

... and not because it had a firm hold...