Ok so this may seems a BIT odd but... I have a cross-check (thanks to responses on other threads to help me fix my brake issues!) I put a riser stem on to make it a bit less aggressive but still not an upright position. Best investment ever. But I tend to ride on the flats more and more durring commuting, vs trails etc where I'm in the drops, and it gets quite uncomfortable on my hands. Anyone have an idea on how I could possibly adapt flat bar grips for the drop bar diameter? I hate cycling gloves with a passion and it seems like this set of grips would better distribute my weight on my palms...

Of course I could just be sleep deprived from the holidays but would this be a good idea?

Even if you did manage to bore out those thin plastic grips to the 24mm road diameter without splitting through them. how do you expect to slip them past the curved drop section of the bars to reach the top?

i don't see it happening

once i did make myself some custom grips... I took cork sheeting and rolled a cork tube around bars, glue into shape. then kept adding more curved layers of cork to sculpt a form... finalize with shellac
You might try something like that... but it'll be permanent...


Or you can just do the sensible thing and switch to trekking handlebars. Remount your road levers on the curved fronts, put the ergon grips on the flat rear sections.

Hmm good point, I shouldn't post sleep deprived... luckily, I also have 2500 meters of carbon fiber in my basement (long story), I hate epoxy but maybe I could jury-rig something.

Unlikely that those would fit. Flat bars have a narrower diameter than most drops in the gripping area, and the grips you linked are for flat bars.

THere are rubber grips designed to by slipped over the flat of drop bars for use primarily on track bikes, but these are generally not the 'ergo' style with a flat portion that spreads the weight out on your hands.

HOWEVER!!!! excess pressure on your hands is often caused by a problem with the setup of some other part of the bike - most of the time the postion or angle of the seat is at fault. In my experience, if the nose on your saddle is pointed down, even a little bit, than your weight will tend to slide forward and put pressure on your hands. You need to work with the overall fit of your bike rather than looking at the place where you are experieiceing symptoms... like if you are having a ear attack and all you do is treat the tingling in your arm, it isn't too helpful.

Oh I have worked with the fit, and my saddle is nose up. My family has a tendency towards carpal tunnel syndrom, we are just more sensitive... I just hate gloves, but if thats my only option, I will suck it up.

Get some gel tape and over wrap the bar ends?

Yeh thats probably the best way to go.

+1 to fancy tape. I also arranged my brake and shift cables to effectively widen the grip area of the flats section of my drop bars, and now they're very comfy.

ALSO +1 to checking fit/riding position, though.

Thanks guys, I have a tendency to go overboard, it's my personality... thanks for the real world solutions

You could add some gel padding like this:
https://www.google.com/products/catal...d=0CGUQ8wIwAQ#
under the cork tape to give you extra cushioning. I would suggest getting used to gloves. Aside from the padding, they protect your hands if you ever go down. I've torn up the palms of gloves a couple of times when I've gone down and they definately saved my skin.

Oh cool! I didn't know those existed. I don't mind minimal gloves but the padding in them always bothers me. I have gloves I like that will protect my hands in a fall, but they only do that.

Look for Bar Phat, Planet Bike Century Gel Pads, Fizik Bar Gel, or similar padding for under your bar wrap of choice.

https://www.amazon.com/Aztec-Vibewrap...5104876&sr=1-1

thanks. Too bad the Vibe Wrap is the ugliest color I have ever seen lol. but thanks for the choices.

You can tape over it any color you want.

In warmer months, I use super-minimal gloves with a leathery sort of palm and a coarsely woven cotton back. No overheating for me, if that's your concern. I think Planet Bike makes some for quite cheap. They seem to help with vibrations without getting annoying like padded gloves.

I got, , before the company went under, grip shapes, from 'off the front'

they are lumps to put under the tape, with enough of them,
created a flat area on the tops of my randonneur bars.

The broad surface helped a lot..

now you may have to make your own ..


fwiw , Used Grab On sleeves on my touring bike in the 80's,
but they are a PIA to try to pull on over brake cables on aero lever brake

then a couple layers of padded tape would do fine.

These will stretch to fit:

https://store.velo-orange.com/index.p...ave-grips.html

Fixie kids manage to get Oury grips on road and track bars all the time.



Then there are track grips, most of them are kinda thin, however: