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Title: fitting bar grips
Post by: 2020mad on February 14, 2006, 03:11 PM
Want to put some new grips on my bars, but not glue them on. what do others use, want to ride with them on but may have to remove them at some point, cheers
Title: Re: fitting bar grips
Post by: ORB on February 14, 2006, 03:14 PM
spit on the bars (just a tiny bit) then slip the grips on

when you want em off, shove a screw drive into em and tip some water in and twist.
Title: Re: fitting bar grips
Post by: 2020mad on February 14, 2006, 03:20 PM
Cheers, last time i used a bit of washing up liquid, but grips anyways slipped.
Title: Re: fitting bar grips
Post by: gmac on February 14, 2006, 03:23 PM
I find the best thing is hairspray.

Seriously - spray it inside the grip which lubricates it, slip it on nice and easy, then when it's dried it's nice and firm  :)

Cheers

Guy  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: fitting bar grips
Post by: Preston Pirate on February 14, 2006, 03:34 PM
I find the best thing is hairspray.

Seriously - spray it inside the grip which lubricates it, slip it on nice and easy, then when it's dried it's nice and firm  :)

Cheers

Guy  :daumenhoch:

Yup hairspray is best, I like the stuff in the tall gold can like yer Nan uses...
Title: Re: fitting bar grips
Post by: theRuler on February 14, 2006, 03:46 PM
wd40 works good too
Title: Re: fitting bar grips
Post by: oberonspacefruit on February 14, 2006, 03:50 PM
not on mushys tho.

just forget about makin them stick with anything.
Title: Re: fitting bar grips
Post by: theRuler on February 14, 2006, 04:06 PM
mushys need to be glued on
they used to ship with a tube of grip glue
Title: Re: fitting bar grips
Post by: kdw712 on February 14, 2006, 04:28 PM
wd40 on and off

its what the lil straws for you know :)

easy peasy  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: fitting bar grips
Post by: Stodgy on February 14, 2006, 07:10 PM
Hairspray is the way...good for getting them on and off...

Title: Re: fitting bar grips
Post by: danny silverstreak on February 14, 2006, 07:22 PM
fire some billy monk on the handlebar ends when it goes crusty it sticks really well :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: fitting bar grips
Post by: weston on February 14, 2006, 07:52 PM
dont use anything or they will always come lose, there is a special technique to get grips on & off in seconds, i'll take a few photo's 2moro & post a how to...(these techniques were mastered in the ghetto when kids left their bikes outside shops that had better grips on than yours, they came out to find they had no grips)
Title: Re: fitting bar grips
Post by: lazychubs on February 14, 2006, 08:01 PM
dont use anything or they will always come lose, there is a special technique to get grips on & off in seconds, i'll take a few photo's 2moro & post a how to...(these techniques were mastered in the ghetto when kids left their bikes outside shops that had better grips on than yours, they came out to find they had no grips)
so it wasnt you who nicked nigels ones ages ago lol
Title: Re: fitting bar grips
Post by: Nana on February 14, 2006, 08:28 PM
deodarant like lynx :) Think about it ::) its made to dry in  ;) and your grips will smell more manly than the birds hair spray ya bunch of poofters ;D
Title: Re: fitting bar grips
Post by: Rombloke on February 14, 2006, 11:15 PM
nana, i have recently taken to using lynx deodorant mate.....it works, and works pretty quick too

Dave
Title: Re: fitting bar grips
Post by: dordymush on February 14, 2006, 11:21 PM
do you get loads of wimen chasing after you when you ride it dave.
Title: Re: fitting bar grips
Post by: Peanut on February 15, 2006, 11:26 AM
two cable ties in the grips, slide grips on to bars with a cable tie each side of the bar, pull out ties, job done.
Title: Re: fitting bar grips
Post by: weston on February 15, 2006, 11:34 AM
nana, i have recently taken to using lynx deodorant mate.....it works, and works pretty quick too

Dave
i use hi karate from the pound shop, has a manly odour ;)
Title: Re: fitting bar grips
Post by: Rombloke on February 15, 2006, 06:39 PM
lynx africa,,,essance of lions scrotum,.....my favourite

Dave
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