Grips: What's Good?

[SJG]

Oury if you like sticky ones. ESI Chunky are excellent (and light if you are a weight weenie). Ergon if you want to be comfortable and don't mind a few extra ozs.

[buttahflake]

so i went with the ge-1's from Ergon, i love them!
rode them today up in Franconia, no forearm/hand pump at all.
my hand's felt like they were glued to my bars
good grips!

[mfa81]

another vote for the easton lock on!

[SchralphMacchio]

I have small hands and used to get wrist pain years ago. I formerly used Ergon GP's (sized small, before they had the other models) and they resolved my wrist issues - very comfy but not feeling locked in on steep rowdy downhills. I tuned my bar rotation to get my ideal upsweep/backsweep and since then my grips have been ODI SDG lockons.

ODI SDGs are thin, have a patterned profile that is perfect for unpadded gloves, and give enough control in the rough parts.

[iscariot]

If you like thin grips, look at the two options from sensus. I'm the same way, my forearms start locking up with thick grips and I love those things. The disisdaboss or whatever they're called are great.

Yup. Sensus or Peaty Lizard Skins.

[XXX-er]

I think the answer to the OP's question is ... it depends

It may not be biking but with WW Kayaking you hang on to a set of grips for hours, since I've had tennis elbow 4 or 5 times in my paddling career I decided to try the smaller shaft paddles by Werner and no more tennis elbow I think cuz trying to hang on to a large diameter grip with small hands was hard on the elbows but I found with small hands it was easier to hang on to a smaller grip cuz my hand doesn't need to always be gripping

I use thin lock-ons from MEC cuz putting grips on is a hassle, if you got an air compressor its much easier, IME alcohol worked really well to get the grip on and then completely evaporated

back in the day I read that slip-on grips go on more easily with hair spray, sure they go on easy but as soon as the grip gets wet they would slide around on the bar and then stop sliding when they dried out. I had those grips on a townie bike for 20 yrs and they always slid around when they got wet SO IME don't use hair-spray,

[iscariot]

How can you ride like that?!?!?!?!

Clearly your logo is facing the wrong way!

[evdog]

Odi. The thin ones whatever they are called

Ruffians

I've used Ruffians for years. They work well. Rogues were too fat for my hands, they would cramp up. Lots of other options which may be a bit softer, the Ruffians are grippy but fairly hard. I don't wear padded glovers either. I may try the Ergons to help avoid hand numbness on long rides.

[gramboh]

Another vote for ODI Ruffians. I have small hands and run them on both bikes and love them. Need to order some more actually.

[54-46]

Another Oury fan here

[TahoeJ]

Since we're talking grips, does anyone else like their brakes up so they're really easy to grip while way back on the bike? Not parallel with the grips but way less down than most. I guess that's just how I roll....

[alpineadventure]

Check out the natorious level set up of yoann birelli

[strawjack]

so i went with the ge-1's from Ergon, i love them!
rode them today up in Franconia, no forearm/hand pump at all.
my hand's felt like they were glued to my bars
good grips!

Yeah, I grabbed a pair as well. I just don't have the bike to put them on yet, but they rode great sitting in my chair.

[jm2e]

Since we're talking grips, does anyone else like their brakes up so they're really easy to grip while way back on the bike? Not parallel with the grips but way less down than most. I guess that's just how I roll....

No. That absolutely destroys my wrists. But I've got long fingers, so if I'm out back I can still reach the brake levers. Sorry for your Trump Hands!

[TahoeJ]

No. That absolutely destroys my wrists. But I've got long fingers, so if I'm out back I can still reach the brake levers. Sorry for your Trump Hands!

Heh, well played.