Exclusive hard-n-soft™ design puts two different rubber compounds next to your hands at once for the ultimate in comfort and control. The stars are hard, the rest is soft. No one else has it!
Submitted by
Ricky deLeyos
a Cross Country Rider
from College Park, MD Date Reviewed: April 4, 2004
Favorite Trail:
Gambrill
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$15.00
Purchased At:
Webcyclery
Strengths:
Cool looking, soft sections between stars, long, good diameter, never slipped on the bars
Weaknesses:
Hard stars
Similar Products Used:
Oury, and a bunch of others
Bike Setup:
Matt Chester Utilitiman w/ ourys
Bottom Line:
I'll state it up front: I'm an Oury man. However, I'm willing to try new and different things.
I got these for my rigid singlespeed because I did a parking lot ride on a friend's bike that was equipped with them. Felt good there. However, as all of us know by now, parking lot test rides don't mean diddly-squat.
What was comfortable in the parking lot was pure torture on really rocky trails. I did a 20-miler on a really rocky trail, and I had major blisters after the ride. (I use Pearl Izumi's thick long-finger Gel Lite gloves.) The stars just dug into my hand.
I've never had the same experience with the Ourys, which have the same durometer rubber throughout the grip.
These grips were relegated to commuter bike duty, where I don't have to deal with rough terrain.
However, I still love the way these things look. ;)
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Submitted by
Alex
a Cross Country Rider
from Pasadena, CA Date Reviewed: January 29, 2004
Favorite Trail:
lower wintercreek loop
Duration Product Used:
2 Years
Price Paid:
$10.00
Purchased At:
Helens Cycles
Strengths:
grip really well, last a long time, just the right diameter, girls dig the stars.
Weaknesses:
none at all
Similar Products Used:
yeti, bontrager
Bike Setup:
XT/XTR Klein hardtail
Bottom Line:
solid grips. i run them on my BMX and mountain rigs and have equally good performance. only thing is that i need to cut off the flange for use with my mtb so as not to interfere with the shifters. great for people with medium-big hands.
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Submitted by
roar
a
from whateva,illinois,usa Date Reviewed: July 26, 2003
Duration Product Used:
2 Years
Price Paid:
$1.00
Strengths:
very sexy chicks dig em
Weaknesses:
after a couple years the stuff around the stars wears off and they get rilly sticky
Bike Setup:
gt fueler super jerry rigged
Bottom Line:
these grips are sweeeeeeeet!!!
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Submitted by
Steve
a Racer
from Riverside Ca USA Date Reviewed: April 15, 2002
Favorite Trail:
bmxpovertyrider@aol.com
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Purchased At:
9
Strengths:
Tough and don't rip easly, i usally tear the crap out of grips and theses held up to my punishment.
Weaknesses:
Hurts the callusus
Similar Products Used:
none
Bike Setup:
Poverty Buck 99 (hard to find) not at all stock
Bottom Line:
A kick ass grip
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Submitted by
andy
a Downhiller
from this great u.s of a Date Reviewed: April 6, 2002
Favorite Trail:
big air
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$9.00
Strengths:
tough a crap i threw them all over the place with no rips
Weaknesses:
tends to rip caluses
Similar Products Used:
a lot of other grips
Bike Setup:
hoffman taj nothing stock
Bottom Line:
these grips flat out rule you may find something cooler but nothing that will hold up as well
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Submitted by
zach
a Racer
from houston, tx, usa Date Reviewed: February 3, 2002
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$5.00
Strengths:
all american looks and cheap.
Bottom Line:
if you pay more than 10 dollars for grips your dumb. Get some big cheese's instead
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