|
Pedros
Bobke Prayer Sticks Grips
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Submitted by
Daryll Peloquin
a Cross Country Rider
from Toronto
Date Reviewed: April 15, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | The Don | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | a store | | Strengths: | Grippy Thin. solid when wet
wear well as they sacrific little pices of themselves
for control
| | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | kona / specialized stock | | Bike Setup: | better than stock | | Bottom Line: | for the last ten years these are the only grips Ive used and there awsome, hairspray will melt them from the inside out in about a week, follow the instructions on the package and they will last the season. Like tires leaving rubber on the rocks these grips leave rubber on your hands this is a good thing a set a year is well worth the confidance they inspire!! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Russ
a Weekend Warrior
from Kanab Utah
Date Reviewed: July 26, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$9.00 | | Strengths: | Cool factor, not too sqishy, not to hard, just right. | | Similar Products Used: | Cheep foam, Salsa grips | | Bike Setup: | Bianchi Grizly lugged steel frame, single speed converted, paul ss hubs, Thompson post, Brooks leather saddle, rest junk parts. | | Bottom Line: | This is a great all around grip. It is just the right firmness for me on my no suspension single speed bike. It also looks good. I like the way the grip floats in my hands when I loosen my grip going down hill. I feel like I can grab tighter when I need to and the grip will "grip" when I ask it to, but also it can float when I want to stop beating my arms. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan
a Racer
from Vancouver
Date Reviewed: May 14, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | lbs | | Strengths: | I've had one pair for several years of hard use and they're still grippy and thin. I'm surprised at the "wearing out" comments below: who knows? Poor installation? Bad rubber batch? Mine are good :) | | Bike Setup: | excessive | | Bottom Line: | If you prefer a thin, sticky grip you should like these. I love 'em.
| | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
El ray
a Cross Country Rider
from the midwest
Date Reviewed: May 2, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$9.00 | | Purchased At: | pricepoint | | Strengths: | thin. cushion well - no numb hands. good grab. | | Weaknesses: | durability | | Similar Products Used: | ODI lockjaw's, syntace lock-ons, ritchey grips, dozens of others | | Bottom Line: | these grips tore within 10 rides...they are amazingly great grips while they last, but laying down $10 for a set of grips that last 10 rides is absurd. Buy lock-on grips - they don't break down or slip and are a piece of cake to swap components with. Don't waste your money with these. But man, they did feel awfully good though........... | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
darkmatter
a
from Omaha
Date Reviewed: April 4, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | soft | | Weaknesses: | They started falling apart within 2 weeks! Terrible grips! Don't waste your cash! | | Bottom Line: | Don't listen to any other reviews. These things are trash! I can't believe that any half way serious mountain biker would give these things a good rating. They must all be Pedros employees or something. These things fell apart so fast it was ridiculous. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
XC Ryder
a Racer
from Sask, Canada
Date Reviewed: July 8, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | Western Cycle | | Strengths: | Cheap !! Soft and good grip. | | Weaknesses: | Cheap !! To thin and to short. | | Similar Products Used: | ODI lock on Grips | | Bike Setup: | Kona hardtail, stripped and ripped | | Bottom Line: | Cheap!! I'm 5'10' and my hand completely covers the grip. They are very thin. Feels like your holding onto the bare bar. Much prefer the ODI lock on. They are longer and thicker, offering much more to put your hand on. The Pedros are ok if you have small hands and don't ride very hard. If your race oriented I would look for something like the ODI offering a more substancial grip. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric
a Weekend Warrior
from Modesto, Ca
Date Reviewed: May 23, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Mix | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$7.00 | | Purchased At: | lbs | | Strengths: | It's grippy. | | Weaknesses: | Flimsy material, started falling apart on my third ride. | | Similar Products Used: | WTB | | Bike Setup: | Trek 4500 Full XT/XTR, XT Discs | | Bottom Line: | Don't waste your money on these. I tried it because Mountain Bike/Action, one of the two, recommended it. Sometimes you can't take these magazines word for gospel like how I sometimes do. I bought WTBs and they are GREAT!!! Endoed off my bike with the WTBs and the end cap actually saved my handlebar as I have a carbon riser.
| | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Cross Country Rider
from Apple Valley, MN
Date Reviewed: August 10, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$2.00 | | Purchased At: | Penn Cycle | | Strengths: | Cool looking, great grip | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | WTB Grips | | Bike Setup: | Fisher 01 Mt Tam | | Bottom Line: | I love these grips. The grips that came with my bike were squishy and did not stay in place. These Pedro's grips are rock solid and provide maximum grip. Plus they are cool. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Calvin
a Cross Country Rider
from Destin, FL
Date Reviewed: October 30, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$6.00 | | Strengths: | Soft and look pretty cool. | | Weaknesses: | Too thin and not wide enough. | | Similar Products Used: | Lizard Skin Moab (I will go back to these), stock junk | | Bike Setup: | Trek 8000, SID XC, Rolf wheels, Avid brakes, Time ATAC Carbon pedals, etc... | | Bottom Line: | I like the way the grips looked and they were cheap so I picked them up from my LBS. I am now suprised to see so many positive reviews about these grips. If you have small hands and like thin grips than they may work for you. I'm an average sized guy (5'10" & 160 lbs) but the grips are way too small. I had to move my rapid shifters over about half an inch so I could shift. They feel ok but I like grips that leave a little more room. I had a set of Moabs on my last bike and plan to go back to them. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pablo
a Weekend Warrior
from Columbia, MO USA
Date Reviewed: August 1, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Bob Roll's prayer, made from recycled materials. | | Weaknesses: | Wore out very fast - will end up in the recycling bin soon! | | Similar Products Used: | ODI grips | | Bike Setup: | OLD Trek 7000, XT/LX mix. | | Bottom Line: | After only about 3 months, these grips are more worn out than the 8-year-old ODI grips that they replaced! They've got good reviews before, so maybe I got a bad pair, but come on, three months? One flamer for value, cuz I can't give any less, and one for overall, same reason. I will burn more gas driving to the bike shop to get another pair of grips (not to mention the effect of the hairspray on the ozone layer from that second installation job!) than Pedros saved by making a grip out of old tires. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben
a Cross Country Rider
from Illinois
Date Reviewed: March 30, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Thin, comfy, nice pattern relatively long. it had bobke's name on it! | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | coda nasty grips... | | Bottom Line: | This is a nice grip. It is pretty long, which is good for riders using Rapidfire (like myself), The pattern is very characteristic, and i love it alot. It may seem as the grip makes a very small difference in the function of the bike, but these grips make it more fun to ride. 5 flamin horseraddishes! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Liquid Man
a Weekend Warrior
from Aberdeen, MD
Date Reviewed: October 31, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Sticky
Don't Slip
Look Cool! | | Weaknesses: |
None Yet | | Similar Products Used: |
Mongoose | | Bike Setup: |
Mongoose D-60R (Work in progress...) | | Bottom Line: | Guaranteed not to slip when you are using these puppies! They hold so good that they actually leave impressions in my hand after a ride! And besides the fact that they work great, they look great too with their knobby design and the psycho biker head logo! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a Cross-Country Rider
from DC
Date Reviewed: August 13, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Mass Ave During Rush Hour | | Duration Product Used: |
more than 3 years | | Strengths: |
Grippy, thin, look cool | | Weaknesses: |
Uhhhhh. . . . | | Similar Products Used: |
too numerous to name | | Bike Setup: |
Stumpy M2/ Mag 21 | | Bottom Line: | I never realized just how much grip you have on these until the first time I tried to take them off. Tore up my hands. There's nothing I'd rather hang onto my handlebars with! I've actually found myself using my old Prayer Stix on things like flashlight handles. These are not a cushy comfy grip, but they kick all sorts of @$$.
| | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
GAvin
a Weekend Warrior
from Gilbertsville NY
Date Reviewed: May 1, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
My Trail | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
they work great with or with-out gloves | | Weaknesses: |
slip a bit but i fixed that with some hairspray | | Similar Products Used: |
oury grips | | Bike Setup: |
flat bar XT set-up bar-endds | | Bottom Line: | Great grip great price buy it
| | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jamie
a Racer
from nova scotia
Date Reviewed: April 27, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
anything with dirt | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
thin and grippy Looks ferice in orange | | Weaknesses: |
none | | Similar Products Used: |
norco grips
ATI links | | Bike Setup: |
norco bike with riser bar bomber z3 XT/LX | | Bottom Line: | good grips I like them. not as soft as my ati though. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Darren
a Cross-Country Rider
from Minneapolis
Date Reviewed: April 14, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Minneasota River Bottom | | Duration Product Used: |
more than 3 years | | Strengths: |
Thin, sticky, pretty durable. | | Weaknesses: |
Can't think of any. | | Similar Products Used: |
Some stock grips on my old Diamondback...ick | | Bike Setup: |
Caloi hardtail frame, XT group, Marzocchi XC 700 shock...sweet bike. | | Bottom Line: | These grips are very good for my XC riding and racing. Very thin and grippy...excellent grips. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeff H.
a cross-country rider
from Long Beach, CA.
Date Reviewed: February 18, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
I won a set of the Prayer Stix in a raffle and put them on when my serfas grips wore out. I'm sticking with the Stix from now on. Along with believing in Pedros products these grips are gnar-gnar. Nice grippy pattern, no problem with sweat-slippage if you happen to forget your gloves and I get a whole year of use out of them before they wear through. And Bobkes' mug is on them. I may not be the fastest in the lineup, but I'm Roll-in................. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rick
a downhiller
from WA
Date Reviewed: November 29, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
This is good only if u dont do the techinical stuff. It provides minimal cushion unless u have a 100+ mm travel shock or something in that area. Personally, as a DHiller I would stick with the Ourys. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Stuart
a racer
from Christchurch, New Zealand
Date Reviewed: October 28, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
These are good grips. I've used the grip shift and the rapid fire versions (I use RF), and found that the GS were plenty long. I reccomend using plugs with them - I use big fat GT ones and I've never had one go in the bar. Back to the grips... not a thing wrong with them, the perfect grip, and I hear they come in celeste - I want celeste | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
cooldaddy
a cross-country rider
from OKC
Date Reviewed: October 7, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I got rid of the Oury's after my hands got numb after only 30 minutes. Prayer
Sticks rule! They look real thin but once installed they are perfect. Still
comfortable and no numb hands - and I think they steer better than thick grips
also for some reason (like truck tires versus sportcar tires?)
5 flaming chillies!
| | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan da man
a racer
from Michigan
Date Reviewed: July 16, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Prayer stix`s are the best grips out there, i replaced my Specialized grips with them and never had a problem again, my hands never slip even on really rough terrain at high speeds.
Later biking dudes!!!
Dan da man
p.s this better be fifty words DAMNIT!!! Shit, seven more words, one, two, seven
THERE!!
| | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
paul tang
a weekend warrior
from Canada
Date Reviewed: July 15, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Get the black walls... they are cool looking and are very nice grips....
also... nomatter what.. use handlebar plugs!! they prolong your grips by alot!!
cat in the hat cat in the hat ball pig not air dog mouse rat i once had a blue picture of a goat that eat hay in the farm of a farmer | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jessie Millet
a racer
from Massachusetts
Date Reviewed: June 3, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
PEDRO'S SLIMWALLS!!!!! They are better than the prayer stix. Not to mention lighter, and they don't wear out as fast. They're also more grippy, in my opinion. I would suggest them to anyone. They are the best handle bar grips that I've ever tried. Buy them, try them, love them. They look cooler, too. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John Thomas
a cross-country rider
from Arlington, VA
Date Reviewed: March 13, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Got these grips yesterday to replace the ones that I cut short for Gripshifts (now I have rapidfire). I have medium-sized hands and was debating whether to go with these or Ourys. The bike shop that I went to had these, and I'm glad. Thin grips give you such a more connected feel to the bike. Control instantly feels better. As for vibration dampening - I have a Marzocchi. Enough said. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
keenan ivory wayans
a racer
from hell
Date Reviewed: January 27, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
bob ke ru les bob ke rul es bob ke rul es bob ke rul es bob ke ru les
i luv th ese gr ips th ey ar e terr iff ic bu y some th ey
ru le so mu ch i wi sh i ha dn't bought ser a fas gi ve
me bob ke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Paul David
a cross-country rider
from Concord, NH
Date Reviewed: January 11, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
These gripps are great. They work very well without gloves. And that is great cause I hate gloves. They feel just right in your hand, I feel more conected to the bike when using these. And they look pretty cool to boot....oh, ya....they also support IMBA if I remember correctly.......I think that was on the package. So basically a great all around grip. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
john
a weekend warrior
from nz
Date Reviewed: January 2, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
i think these sux they are to thin and just not very good. I wouldn't buy these again in my life. i would give these none if i could because i do not like these
dont buy them they sux sux sux spend some money and get oury grips they are much better or just any other grip you can get. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
anthony torrez
a cross-country rider
from riverside, ca
Date Reviewed: November 29, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
Very good grips...Tomac's are the only comparable (and better) grips! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan
a weekend warrior
from Branford,CT
Date Reviewed: November 18, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
These are simply the best grips I have ever bought. They last a long time and you will never lose your grip. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brad Trent
a cross-country rider
from NYC & CT & L.A.
Date Reviewed: October 20, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
It's hard to get REALLY excited about grips, but these things are damn nice...They seem thin but I've had 'em for three months and they hold up!Hey, they're grips! But they're light, the work great and they're recycled...It also doesn't hurt that I got mine for $2.00 from a bike shop in Great Barrington, MA that posted on the Marketplace...I think he has a truckload of them...Check the Marketplace Archives...I can't remember the name of the place but you cab find hime by doing a Find for either Pedro's or grips...
| | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Evan Kingsley
a cross-country rider
from Massachusetts
Date Reviewed: July 18, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
These grips are INSANE! I didn't use gloves for a while and these practically stuck to my hands. I know some people like thick grips and if you do, you probably don't want these. But if you like your grips on the thin side, then buy these grips. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Roger M.
a cross-country rider
from Phoenix,AZ
Date Reviewed: April 15, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
These grips do the trick. They are thin and minimal,yet they've held up well.They have great hand
traction , have recycled plastic in them which is cool, but best of all the Bobke's name is on them.
Big fun factor!
If you like thin grips you will like these. If you are into the beefier grips, then these probably won't
do it for you. | | Overall Rating: |
| |
|
Photo Caption Contest
(sponsored by Maxxis)
|
Enter here
|
|
|
$ 5.00
