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Title: GRIPPING
Post by: DIRTBIKER250F on July 18, 2008, 11:46 PM

Now i know oakleys fetch decent money and ame seem everywhere, my question is what where your grips of choice early eighties.

Mushrooms were always the grips for me and our kid, infact they still are now on most of my builds  :smitten:. Dunno why they just invoke great bike shop memories
alongside white Skyway T.As  :smitten:

Paul :Great_Britain:

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: moley on July 19, 2008, 12:07 AM

Mushrooms!!!  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: ron burgundy on July 19, 2008, 12:39 AM

Quote from: DIRTBIKER250F on July 18, 2008, 11:46 PM

Now i know oakleys fetch decent money and ame seem everywhere, my question is what where your grips of choice early eighties.

Mushrooms were always the grips for me and our kid, infact they still are now on most of my builds  :smitten:. Dunno why they just invoke great bike shop memories
alongside white Skyway T.As  :smitten:

Paul :Great_Britain:

Old school Ame grips are few and far between, the ones available now are not the same... 

...Grab ons, Oakley 3 or Ame Rounds for me though :)

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: jonpaul11 on July 19, 2008, 12:47 AM

Ame Rounds all the way for me too...

I can always remember pulling off my old ones, clean the bar , then hairspray and apply... wait until the next morning to check if they were all set!

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: RATTY on July 19, 2008, 01:03 AM

I loved Oakley 3s for a while, then Ames :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: BOBLAMBO on July 19, 2008, 01:14 AM

so"pose its all in the girth,what makes you feel comftable,for me ames were to skiny,may as well rode bearback bars,OAKLEY F1  ..................my choice

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: stidds on July 19, 2008, 07:08 AM

Always used Am'e grips, didn't like all the fancy styles.

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: Swivel on July 19, 2008, 07:13 AM

I had both AME's and Mushrooms but mushrooms being my favourite as they were very comfortable and soft  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: HEYWOOD BMX on July 19, 2008, 08:38 AM

 :) A`me Tri/Rounds for me...nothing else-even on my new school bikes.

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: proclass35 on July 19, 2008, 08:39 AM

A'me triangles all the way. Experimented with mushrooms once...but thought I was turning inside out and woke up in someone's garage.

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: gary4130 on July 19, 2008, 09:34 AM

only use ames -just pefer them  to anything else ,tris are the best  :4_17_5:

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: dodger on July 19, 2008, 11:29 AM

mushrooms all the way i have them on4 of my bikes but they have shanged them now have hoffman frinted in them insted of just the ribbs :(

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: magna13 on July 19, 2008, 11:35 AM

Well My Favorites Are Oakley F1's. I Went To MK Last Year And For All Of You Who Remember I Bought About 4 Set Of CW Bars For About £5. I Cant Remember Who Was Selling Them But I Saw A Pair With F1's On, Thought They Were Fuans, But Looked And On The Inside It Said The Usual Oakley Stuff. I Asked Him Thinking Hed Want About £20 For Bars And Grips And He Said "£2 Without Grips Or £3 With Them" And I Instantly Bought Them. Went Back To My Camper With My Dad Having A Fry Up On The Go And He Said "After Our Brekfast, I'll Wash Them Up With Washing-Up Liquid And Hot Water" And After That They Came Up Minty! I Put The Best CW's I Bought And The F1's On My Racer And Went Out Later On To Gate Practise. And Thats The Story Of How I Inherited My Legendery Grips  :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: kev-s on July 19, 2008, 11:42 AM

can anyone tell me what mushrooms were the ones with the hard plastic sleeve with the actual grip material wrapped around it and when they got wet the grip moved around the sleeve ?

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: dodger on July 19, 2008, 11:50 AM

odi flanged lockons?

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: kev-s on July 19, 2008, 11:53 AM

no they had no flange and wasnt lock ons, they were around in the early 90's and had the mushroom logo on the end of them

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: kev-s on July 19, 2008, 11:56 AM

found em :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:

although these ones have flanges they  did do them without

http://cgi.ebay.com/Oldschool-ODI-Mushroom-2-bmx-handle-bar-grips_W0QQitemZ270255470561QQcmdZViewItem?IMSfp=TL0807141285r17539

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: dodger on July 19, 2008, 12:01 PM

ah yes i vaigley remember these totally forgot about them  :idiot2:

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: profile on July 19, 2008, 01:12 PM

I had a pair of them Mushy IIs.  Black inners with lavender outers.  Looked fooking lush.  Still wrecked me hands though - that'll teach me to follow Nanette Newman's advice... :(

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: OrgasmDonor on July 19, 2008, 05:42 PM

i use ame's as thet are quite disposable but grab on 2's n early sharp 1.11's are the daddys :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: steve Beech TA on July 19, 2008, 10:31 PM

Mushrooms :smitten:

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: fouronethreeoh! on July 19, 2008, 10:48 PM

UNI Hand grenade II's for me.

They had a metal disc in the end to stop the bars cutting through the grip,
and came with a tube of glue to stick the grips to the bar.

A close second were my oakley o-wings in aqua...  :smitten:

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: billstup on July 19, 2008, 11:53 PM

Mushrooms  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: rory on July 20, 2008, 12:25 AM

i used any thing bitd, used ame tris in me mid days, they lasted for years

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: 2020mad on July 20, 2008, 12:42 AM

mushrooms, like a chunky grip.

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: TwoBobRob on July 20, 2008, 03:13 AM

Grab Ons.  Loved em   :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: GRIPPING
Post by: MartyC on July 20, 2008, 08:40 AM

Ame Tri's and Duals were my grip of choice bitd, I still have one orphaned white and blue Ame Dual from bitd if anyone has a spare one  :LolLolLolLol: