Butterbean Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 Dirt noob again - what are the best grips put there for large hands, and looooong distances? Currently using some generic oval lock ons, and while they're pretty good with gloves, they aren't amazing... Not a massive fan of the ergon grips but haven't taken them out for longer than 2 hours either.. They just feel a bit vague in rough stuff.. Never tried Silicone grips - are these really the bees knees? Gimme your thoughts...
BaGearA Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 Dirt noob again - what are the best grips put there for large hands, and looooong distances? Currently using some generic oval lock ons, and while they're pretty good with gloves, they aren't amazing... Not a massive fan of the ergon grips but haven't taken them out for longer than 2 hours either.. They just feel a bit vague in rough stuff.. Never tried Silicone grips - are these really the bees knees? Gimme your thoughts...yes , but overpriced AF unfortunately
ChrisF Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 I love my ESI grips. Sadly they have become very costly .... I tried a few of the other brands, but they become very slippery when my hands sweat. Somehow the ESI dont do this. So the others are on the shelf and I am back to ESI, extra chunky. PS - REALLY helps to have a compressor with a long tip grip to "blow" the grips onto the bars
Meezo Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 Yeh I've tried most cheaper options but the ESI are still king, cheapest i got was bike addict
m-squared Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 I love my ESI grips. Sadly they have become very costly .... I tried a few of the other brands, but they become very slippery when my hands sweat. Somehow the ESI dont do this. So the others are on the shelf and I am back to ESI, extra chunky. PS - REALLY helps to have a compressor with a long tip grip to "blow" the grips onto the barsExtra chunky for the win! Or just spray some rubbing alcohol on the bars... They slip right on.
Ferro Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 I have tried a few brands. Always come back to ESI extra chunky.
Jewbacca Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 DMR death grips or Sensus Swayze lock on. Both get more tacky when you sweat, both last ages and both are soft and soak up any vibration you might have. 1 awkward fall on the silicone grops and they tear. If you have money, get a set of Rev grips.
TyronLab Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 I haven't tried the ESI silicon grips, but my R150 Marvel jobbies seem to be good. My stock silverback ones were too thin and too hard, the Lizard lock-ons I bought after that were worn through in 3 months. Only reason I'm replacing my current Marvel set with a new Marvel set is the previous ones tore in my big crash. At hunnit and fiddy bob a pair I'm not too fussed though. They do dampen some of the vibration quite effectively and I've had no issues with grip whatsoever. Always ride with lomg finger gloves though.
arendoog Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 ESI EXTRA CHUNKY.Change them around to get longer life out of them ,and clean regularly
fanievb Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 https://bike-addict.co.za/collections/redmonkey/products/redmonkey-grip-silicone-karv-xt-black-6-5mm
SlowManiac Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 I like ESI but boy they are are damaged easily. ANY impact to the grips will likely result in a gouge or tear. For this reason I've given up on them.
Knersboy Posted March 29, 2019 Posted March 29, 2019 I bust both my hands falling off when at 78km/h when I was a laaitie, still have pain from that. So I tried numerous Mtb grips to alleviate that and found silicon grips to be the best. Have had a set of ESIs for about 4 years, still going strong. The other revelation was those spez grail gloves as normal glove padding put pressure on the area where I broke the hands (same spot on both hands). Put the Ryder silicons on both my laaities bikes, a 3 and 7 year old, as I was tired of changing rubber grips which they continually wrecked. Have not had to replace grips yet, if they can survive those two animals.....
MariusC Posted March 29, 2019 Posted March 29, 2019 big fan of the ESI Chunkieshave a new set on the way from Bike addict.
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