Comfy grips?

11-09-2008, 12:26 PM

Can someone recommend a pair of more comfortable grips that would fit my 620.

Thanks.

11-09-2008, 12:48 PM

Pro Grip do the gel grips, I use Renthal medium. They do two lengths so just check yours.

Kato · 11-09-2008, 01:03 PM

Pro Grip 723 are what I always use can't be beaten IMOH....

11-09-2008, 01:15 PM

Thanks, will have a measure up first, I can’t really see the difference between the 723 and 724, it looks like the 724’s are Dual Density?!

11-09-2008, 03:59 PM

Better padded gloves ? works for me

Kato · 11-09-2008, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Space Cadet

Thanks, will have a measure up first, I can’t really see the difference between the 723 and 724, it looks like the 724’s are Dual Density?!

724 is the same as 723 just in silly colors.......

11-09-2008, 07:37 PM

Foam grips! (seriously, you can still get them) - they are like holding big marshmallows! Mmmmmmm... yummy!

xxx

11-09-2008, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by JMo

Foam grips! (seriously, you can still get them) - they are like holding big marshmallows! Mmmmmmm... yummy!

xxx

and Jenifer how often do you get to hold big marshmallows?

11-09-2008, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Mand

and Jenifer how often do you get to hold big marshmallows?

Hee hee - left breasty dumpling or right breasty dumpling?

xxx

11-09-2008, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by JMo

Hee hee - left breasty dumpling or right breasty dumpling?

xxx

har har! I'm liking that!

12-09-2008, 07:43 AM

I think this one’s gone a bit of subject, but nevertheless entertaining.

Foam grips sound nice, I meant to measure my old grips last night but will do so over the weekend and definitely get some comfier ones as mine feel really uncomfortable.

(xxx for JMo)

12-09-2008, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Space Cadet

I think this one’s gone a bit of subject, but nevertheless entertaining.

Foam grips sound nice, I meant to measure my old grips last night but will do so over the weekend and definitely get some comfier ones as mine feel really uncomfortable.

(xxx for JMo)

Mmm foam grips sound cool,but how much feeling and feedback from the bars do you loose? i find feedback thru the bars as to what the front of bike is doing is important ? (maybe thats just me)

12-09-2008, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by scrapps

Mmm foam grips sound cool,but how much feeling and feedback from the bars do you loose? i find feedback thru the bars as to what the front of bike is doing is important ? (maybe thats just me)

Being serious for a moment, I would say that on a 'sporting road bike' you might find foam grips a bit disconcerting at first, as you do feel a bit disconnected from the bars/rest of the bike... however, all the desert rallye guys (and girls x) use them, and they certainly lessen fatigue and blisters over long periods...

Personally for a road bike I'd probably go for something like Renthal soft compound grips (although they are only available in light grey - blugh!) so maybe go with Katos recommendation? At the end of the cliche, grips are not the most expensive modification, so you can afford to try a few I guess?

Right, back to the serious subject of boobies!

xxx

12-09-2008, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by scrapps

Mmm foam grips sound cool,but how much feeling and feedback from the bars do you loose? i find feedback thru the bars as to what the front of bike is doing is important ? (maybe thats just me)

Hmm I agree and I struggle with my Alpinestars winter gloves not just you then Scrappy!

Bosums to you Jen! tee hee!

12-09-2008, 10:51 AM

I used to be a keen mountain-biker and had foam grips on my top-level bike, not soft spongy foam obviously but some that took a bit of shock out, think they would suit my monster well.

I’m not a knee-scraper yet so I think the comfort will outweigh the % reduction in ‘feeling’.

11-09-2008, 12:26 PM	#1
Space Cadet Guest Posts: n/a	Comfy grips? Can someone recommend a pair of more comfortable grips that would fit my 620. Thanks.

11-09-2008, 01:03 PM	#3
Kato Dismantled Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: East Molesey Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 2,228	Pro Grip 723 are what I always use can't be beaten IMOH.... __________________ "Political correctness is just intellectual colonialism and psychological fascism for the creation of thought crime"

11-09-2008, 12:48 PM	#2
giler Guest Posts: n/a	Pro Grip do the gel grips, I use Renthal medium. They do two lengths so just check yours.

11-09-2008, 01:15 PM	#4
Space Cadet Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks, will have a measure up first, I can’t really see the difference between the 723 and 724, it looks like the 724’s are Dual Density?!

11-09-2008, 03:59 PM	#5
scrapps Guest Posts: n/a	Better padded gloves ? works for me

11-09-2008, 07:37 PM	#7
JMo Guest Posts: n/a	Foam grips! (seriously, you can still get them) - they are like holding big marshmallows! Mmmmmmm... yummy! xxx

12-09-2008, 07:43 AM	#11
Space Cadet Guest Posts: n/a	I think this one’s gone a bit of subject, but nevertheless entertaining. Foam grips sound nice, I meant to measure my old grips last night but will do so over the weekend and definitely get some comfier ones as mine feel really uncomfortable. (xxx for JMo)

12-09-2008, 10:51 AM	#15
Space Cadet Guest Posts: n/a	I used to be a keen mountain-biker and had foam grips on my top-level bike, not soft spongy foam obviously but some that took a bit of shock out, think they would suit my monster well. I’m not a knee-scraper yet so I think the comfort will outweigh the % reduction in ‘feeling’.