Hi Guys

I mounted the all city track grips (the stars) to some flat bars using hair spray, they went on easy enough but they twist a bit when my hands are on them. I have since removed them in hopes for another method that will keep these suckers locked in place.

Thanks

maybe try some alcohol? (etoh, meoh, isopropyl). the alcohol should help you slip it on there and will completely evaporate without leaving anything behind.

Try using compressed air, either by air compressor or canned duster.

Put the nozzle between the handlebar and the grip with the grip partly on the bar and then blow. The grip will kind of inflate/ widen, while doing that pull/ twist the grip down the bar.

Be sure to cover the holes at the ends of both before blowing otherwise the air will just find its way out.

If you go the duster route, be sure to not turn the can upside down or sideways in the process.

I've had good luck with, strangely enough, WD-40. Slippery when wet (great for installing or removing grips), but seems to create a tacky seal between the grip and bar when dry.

I know WD-40 is terrible for bikes etc. etc., but I've had good results and no problems with this particular use.

You can d!ck around with hairspray, lacquer, WD40, Simple green concoctions, or the other eight million home recipes that have never worked for me.

Or you can buy a small tube of this. It's the best stuff I've used in 50 years of race prepping motorcycles. It's cheap. It's designed specifically for grips. Clean up is a breeze. I use it on motorcycles which as you know have their grips aggressively twisted, NON stop. This stuff will bolt your grips in place like granite.

This is all you need

Make sure you thoroughly clean that garbage off first

I've had success with hairspray. Just sayin'

well, never quick on the uptake, I tried hairspray again. In fact I tried MUCH more hairspray this time around. I will not touch the grips until tomorrow morning and if they still move I'll be re-washing the bars/grips and finding some keyboard cleaner.

how does one apply this? liberally? to the bars? squirt into the grips? So many questions and sexual innuendos are brought to mind here.

I use the smallest amount of soapy water, like a drop on the end of my finger and a half squirt of liquid soap. seems to dry and stick over night.

There is a reason lock on grips were invented...

I have tried all the various methods, and have ended up using locking grips for flats/risers and tape for everything else.

That's fine for like MTB, where your brake levers are butted up against your grips anyway, but it makes for an unpleasant grip to bar transition if you're riding fixed and utilizing various grip locations all along the bar.

Fair enough. All of my riser bars are mtbs.

Gluing track grips on is a huge pain in the ass.

I've been using WD40 to install all sorts of grips since the 80s and have never had any trouble.

It's an easy to work with liquid. It's consistency is perfect, kinda like a thin pudding. It resists running and dripping and creates no spiderwebs that are typical of many glues. Here is my method:

1. Put the grips on the bars dry.
2. Use masking tape to mask a couple inches of the bar right at the edge of the grip.
3. Remove the grips and clean the inside and the bars with rubbing alcohol. Let dry.
4. Apply a few ribbons of glue to the bar. Use a Popsicle stick or plastic knife or whatever is handy to smear it around like a thin layer of cake frosting.
5. Squirt a little glue into the grips and massage them a bit to distribute the glue.
6. Slide the grips onto the bars.

The excess glue will ooze out onto the masking tape as you push the grips on the last few mms. Position the grips as you like. Unwrap the masking tap and voila.

Oh, good, so you agree it's a pain in the ass.

Ten minutes....tops....no mess. Cake.

How about removal?

Ten seconds. Razor blade. No saving the grips.


The weird thing is, once you cut the grip off, you can effortlessly peel the glue off of the grip and the bar. It's as if the glue isn't permanent, yet there is NO WAY to spin or slide the grips once they are mounted.

That's kind of a big deal!

WD-40 method:

Installation
1. Spray WD-40
2. Slide grip on

Removal
1. Spray WD-40
2. Slide grip off

Hey, if that method works for you that's great. I just could never get it to hold the grips 100% motionless. I have friends that have had great success with soapy water and a bunch of other methods. I just could never duplicate their results.

Precisely. 5 seconds tops. No mess unless you're an idiot.

So this morning I found that one of my grips had locked it self into place via hair spray...Wooo! The other hadnt so I re-applied one last time. Still didnt work. Then I dug around for my wd40 but couldnt find it. I did find a computer cleaner cannister and used it to get the second grip on. It was tight but still twisty. Then either out of brilliance or anger I decided to hold the ****er upside down and coat the grip with that super cold liquid that squirts out. That did the trick!

I've been using hairspray to install my grips, and have for 20+ years without fail...as long as I steer clear of the fancy "soft hold" crap. You need the kind that makes your hair feel crispy like you sprayed it with a coat of polyurethane. Buy the smallest, cheapest can of aerosol hairspray you can find (trial size is great) and it'll last for years. Somewhere around here I still have a can of Aqua-Net that I bought in the late 90's.

Grip glue works great, too...but it's more expensive and doesn't last as long in my toolbox.

I have nothing to add to the conversation but just wanted to acknowledge this masterful use of the English language.


-Tim-