grips..
 

ok.. i did the search thingy.. whatever..

i have soyo grips.. and bianchi pista drops... should it be easier than it is to put them on?

no, they're a total ***** to get on. spray a bunch of rubbing alcohol or hairspray inside them and on your bars, then let em dry for a few hours.

No. It should be just as hard as it is.

Grant...? Is that you?

I have the champs and I just rolled them on like a condom. Good times

+1

the hairspray helps

-1 on the hairspray. Last time I did that, I rode in heavy rain (it was a mtb race actually) and water got in my grips and they were spinng on the bars. Not fun. Just go to the shop and have them blow them on with compressed air.

alcohol is ok, since it will all evaporate, but hairspray will leave a sticky residue that gets slippery again if you get it wet.

hm, good to know. thanks.

windex has always been a personal favorite...........

you might want to wear some gloves too as you are twistin' them on there..

windex is the best i've found for getting grips on/off

i found rubbing alcohol to be far superior to windex

mike!
yeah it's me... i got a lot of stuff in the mail today.. pretty excited.
new pedals and cages.. and grips and tape..

these grips are just a ***** though..


some guy told me to boil the grips so they'd absorb water and expand?
but that didnt' work.. haha.

i'm now greasing them up... potentially.. a bad idea but here goes.

Don't do that - just come over and I will help you get them on. All it takes is patience, muscle and a can of pressurized rubbing alcohol. I have one of the three (guess which!).

m.

rubbing alcohol!
haha


sweet! thanks.

i actually just called yr place before reading this to find out you were gone..

when are ya free?

MIKE: "oh, grant, these grips are so hard to get on to you Pista bars.."
GRANT: "perhaps we should try some windex, or grease"

queue 80's music porno music.

Edit: yeah, I know it was lame... ugh.. I'm off to the co-op to buy fenders...

Rubbing alcohol is the best- it evaporates really fast. Hairspray doesn't really evaporate. I've heard tri flow works great- anyone use it for this?

Man I love getting new bike stuff. You ever walk around a bike shop just looking for something new, but there's NOTHING YOU NEED!!! AAAAGGGHH!!!!! It's terrifying.

+1!

especially with soyo grips. That tiny diamond texture takes off skin.
I got mine on with rubbing alcohol, just poured it right in the grips and slid them on.

use wd40 it melts the inside of the grips a bit and lubes em up for a few minutes then once it evaporates the grips will be slightly melted to your bars. works great every time

Wd40

or nothing in your price range? that's heartbreaking.

wd40? hmmm, never woulda thought that would work.

I usually just clean the bars with rubbing alcohol and then get the grips on with water. They move around a bit for a day or two and then stick like nobody's biznazz.

rubbing alcohol

soak em in rubbing alcohol.