Originally Posted by
FrenchFit
I use both on the trekking bike, and the foam grips are quality biking grips - not hardware store piping covers. The foam grips are where I put my hands going over road hazards, rough or technical sections, hands in reach of the brakes. Otherwise, my hands are on bar tape.
Works great, and the grips look new after two years.
Good point. I personally like the idea of employing a variety of handlebar grip combinations on the trekking bar, and for different riding positions and situations. For example, having a harder rubber grip from a BMX style bike nearest the headtube for more aggressive city traffic situations, a patch of heavy pipe-insulation style coverings for the widest edges, and bar tape for the rest. I think it would be good to be able to switch up not only the hand positions, but the texture and density of the griping material to avoid the sort of numbness that Chris_in_Miami describes.
Frenchfit--When you say the foam grips you use are "quality" grips and not piping style grips, are you talking about harder rubber grips for mountain bikes, or is there some other type of stiffer foam available in between those two? Are those the "Grab on" grips fletsbob refers to?
Thanks.