Ergon GP3 Grips - any advice/experience?
05-06-20 | 03:02 PM
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Ergon GP3 Grips - any advice/experience?
Hello - NOOB question here - I am considering changing out my stock grips with Ergon GP3 grips - these look to molded to fit the hand and seem like they would be much more comfortable than my regular bike grips that came with my Schwinn DSB bike which are not very comfortable at all - but I have never changed out grips on a bike before and don't know how difficult the process would be - thank you! 
05-06-20 | 03:33 PM
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From: Stone Mountain, GA (Metro Atlanta, East)
Bikes: 1995 Trek 800 Sport, aka, "CamelTrek"
I have the Ergon GP2 and they are flat feakin AWESOME! Excellent wrist support and additional positioning helps
To remove old grips: take your thinnest allen wrench and, if you need the assist, isopropyl alchohol. Insert allen between grip and bar, lean bike handle a bit downward, and dribble/splash in a little alcohol. Keeping allen in, rotate gently around, then twist off the grip (should be easier now).
When putting on the Ergons, place the cap end on the grip before putting grip on the bar. Slide onto the bar till the cap end just starts to back out of the grip. Push the cap end into the bar. Holding one palm against the cap, push the grip back, all the way, against the cap. It will now be exactly at the end of your bar. Rotate where you want and tighten.
On my commuter....
Be sure to get the right grips according to your shifters (grip shift/trigger shifters).
To remove old grips: take your thinnest allen wrench and, if you need the assist, isopropyl alchohol. Insert allen between grip and bar, lean bike handle a bit downward, and dribble/splash in a little alcohol. Keeping allen in, rotate gently around, then twist off the grip (should be easier now).
When putting on the Ergons, place the cap end on the grip before putting grip on the bar. Slide onto the bar till the cap end just starts to back out of the grip. Push the cap end into the bar. Holding one palm against the cap, push the grip back, all the way, against the cap. It will now be exactly at the end of your bar. Rotate where you want and tighten.
On my commuter....
Be sure to get the right grips according to your shifters (grip shift/trigger shifters).
Last edited by Digger Goreman; 05-06-20 at 03:42 PM.
05-06-20 | 05:05 PM
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Hello - NOOB question here - I am considering changing out my stock grips with Ergon GP3 grips - these look to molded to fit the hand and seem like they would be much more comfortable than my regular bike grips that came with my Schwinn DSB bike which are not very comfortable at all - but I have never changed out grips on a bike before and don't know how difficult the process would be - thank you!
05-07-20 | 06:50 AM
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I have the Ergon GP2 and they are flat feakin AWESOME! Excellent wrist support and additional positioning helps
To remove old grips: take your thinnest allen wrench and, if you need the assist, isopropyl alchohol. Insert allen between grip and bar, lean bike handle a bit downward, and dribble/splash in a little alcohol. Keeping allen in, rotate gently around, then twist off the grip (should be easier now).
When putting on the Ergons, place the cap end on the grip before putting grip on the bar. Slide onto the bar till the cap end just starts to back out of the grip. Push the cap end into the bar. Holding one palm against the cap, push the grip back, all the way, against the cap. It will now be exactly at the end of your bar. Rotate where you want and tighten.
On my commuter....
Be sure to get the right grips according to your shifters (grip shift/trigger shifters).
To remove old grips: take your thinnest allen wrench and, if you need the assist, isopropyl alchohol. Insert allen between grip and bar, lean bike handle a bit downward, and dribble/splash in a little alcohol. Keeping allen in, rotate gently around, then twist off the grip (should be easier now).
When putting on the Ergons, place the cap end on the grip before putting grip on the bar. Slide onto the bar till the cap end just starts to back out of the grip. Push the cap end into the bar. Holding one palm against the cap, push the grip back, all the way, against the cap. It will now be exactly at the end of your bar. Rotate where you want and tighten.
On my commuter....
Be sure to get the right grips according to your shifters (grip shift/trigger shifters).
05-11-20 | 08:33 PM
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From: Ontario
Bikes: HP Velotechnik Streetmachine GTE, 2015 Devinci Silverstone SL4, 2012 Cannondale Road Tandem 2, Circe Morpheus, 2021 Rose Backroad, 2017 Devinci Hatchet
I have GP3's on my commuter / former touring bike. Best grips I have ever had.
05-15-20 | 07:31 AM
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From: New England
Bikes: 1987 Cannondale SR600/BioPace, 1991 Cannondale Road Tandem,1994 Giant Iguana MB, 2009 Airnimal Chameleon, 2016 Dahon Vybe C7A
Best I can give is use an air compressor if you have one. The air will make taking your old grips off super easy.
