Butterbean Posted March 28, 2019 Share 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaGearA Posted March 28, 2019 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted March 28, 2019 Share 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 Edited March 28, 2019 by ChrisF Eugéne Alberts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meezo Posted March 28, 2019 Share Yeh I've tried most cheaper options but the ESI are still king, cheapest i got was bike addict Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-squared Posted March 28, 2019 Share 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. Traveler, henningvr and Mailman7412 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Posted March 28, 2019 Share I like Ritchy WCS True Grips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferro Posted March 28, 2019 Share I have tried a few brands. Always come back to ESI extra chunky. Meezo, splat, Traveler and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted March 28, 2019 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyronLab Posted March 28, 2019 Share 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. Edited March 28, 2019 by TyronLab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arendoog Posted March 28, 2019 Share ESI EXTRA CHUNKY.Change them around to get longer life out of them ,and clean regularly henningvr, Mailman7412, ChUkKy and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanievb Posted March 28, 2019 Share https://bike-addict.co.za/collections/redmonkey/products/redmonkey-grip-silicone-karv-xt-black-6-5mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMXER Posted March 28, 2019 Share Personally I found the esi slippery when wet. Hairy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowManiac Posted March 28, 2019 Share 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. Swany05, Hairy and Rudi Pollard 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knersboy Posted March 29, 2019 Share 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..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranswurm Posted March 29, 2019 Share Oury lock onBest in the business Grease_Monkey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariusC Posted March 29, 2019 Share big fan of the ESI Chunkieshave a new set on the way from Bike addict. Mailman7412 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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