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Submitted by
Gordon
a Weekend Warrior
from Singapore
Date Reviewed: May 2, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Roads + Off Road | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$3.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Grips look really cool.
Gives you the padding for comfort for your brake levers.
Material wont tear easily or break apart.
| | Weaknesses: | Installation takes time and method.(see below).
Stitching sorts of breaks, exposing thread.
Neoprene is too thin(2mm) , can be penetrated with a toothpick. | | Similar Products Used: | None.. a layer of sweat + dirt? | | Bike Setup: | Progear 2005, Shimano System, DNM Fireball rear shock, RST T-4 Fork , Progear velo saddle, Setlaz kevlar handgrips, Promax disc brakes
Lizard Skins chainstay, grunge guard for both derailleurs, headset seal, brake levers. Maxxis larsen TT wheels with HIC double rims. Topeak carbon fenders (rear and front).
Dual front headlights and single tail-light. Wellgro pedals. | | Bottom Line: | ---- To install ----
1) Prise open the grips and use a toothpick to remove ALL the adhesive tape.
2) Slip grip into lever(with abit of force).
3) Use another toothpick, apply art glue(not super glue please!) on the insides of brake levers.
4) VOILA!
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Apart from the installation, this product is just great and cheap! If you have the extra cash, dash to your LBS immediately! =) | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Cross Country Rider
from Colorado Springs, CO USA
Date Reviewed: June 17, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Colorado Trail | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$5.00 | | Purchased At: | Criterium Bike Shop | | Strengths: | I bought these after I got fed up with freezing my finger tips on bare aluminium during springtime thunder storms at 10,000 feet. These things are bomber. I finally lost one this winter after two years of abuse (with a crash on frozen gravel). Grip is great when wet, though that's not why I got them. | | Weaknesses: | Nearly impossible to get on if you don't READ & FOLLOW the instructions. The hardest part was finding somebody that uses hair spray... with the hair spray the things slip on in about two seconds. | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | SRAM grip shift/TEKTRO levers | | Bottom Line: | A must if you ever wear fingerless gloves in a place with big temperature swings. Lets you keep the feeling in your fingers for the price of a beer. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave
a Weekend Warrior
from CANADA
Date Reviewed: July 9, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Purchased At: | h a ha ha ha ha ha ha ha | | Strengths: | ha ha ha ha ha ha ha | | Weaknesses: | ha ha ha ha ha ha ha | | Similar Products Used: | ha ha ha ha ha ha ha | | Bike Setup: | ha ha ha ha ha ha ha | | Bottom Line: | ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
If this product was not meant as a joke on "Lizard Skins" part part I appologize for laughing but...ha ha ha ha ha ha
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ha ha ha whooooooo | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jabberwocky
a Weekend Warrior
from The Great State of Georgia, USA
Date Reviewed: June 8, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | The Boondoxx | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$8.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | All the pretty colors, and soft, velvety neoprene, or whatever that stuff they're made of is called. | | Weaknesses: | Pretty colors are distracting. They made me question my manhood. The neoprene stuff don't grip. Slips off. Pretty colors go bye-bye. Eyes follow pretty colors while screaming downhill. Eyes not see stump in the middle of the trail. Ouch. | | Similar Products Used: | ODI brake lever covers: work like a champ. no pretty colors (mine are black). Keep my fingers warm in winter, so I can pick my nose while riding without freezing a nostril. Mad grip!!! No slippin' here, bubba. Oh, yeah, back to the lizard crap. | | Bike Setup: | Some aluminum, some wires, some rubber: different names stamped, painted, or stuck on 'em: GT, Python Gold, Rhyno Lite, Kore, Bontrager, Easton, XT, XTR, Rock Shox, and some duck tape. | | Bottom Line: | These things blow goats. Seriously. They don't stay on. I guess I should've known that anything neoprene and velcro should be best left to two things: scuba diving and beer protecting. They work like my neighbor, who's on "disability," but we're not going to make this a socio-political commentary. Either spend your monay on beer, or use the friggin' things for straw warmer/coolers or something, but for God's sake, don't put 'em on your brake levers. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dusto
a Cross Country Rider
from battlerford
Date Reviewed: April 22, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | pee gee man | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Purchased At: | my lbs | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | gloves | | Bike Setup: | coustom made aluminum all around hardtail mountain bike | | Bottom Line: | they useless and are just for looks
wear gloves instead | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sean McGrath
a Weekend Warrior
from Aliso Viejo, CA
Date Reviewed: April 8, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | San Juan Trail | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: | Absolutely none. | | Weaknesses: | First I couldn't get them apart. Then after getting the apart and installing, they felt terrible. I think I had them on for three rides and they fell apart at the seems. | | Similar Products Used: | Nothing else tryed like these and I never will try anyother type | | Bike Setup: | Big Hit... | | Bottom Line: | Don't waste your money with these things. The only item that I believe is worth buying from Lizard Skins is the gaurd that protects the frame near the chain. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Wiseman
a Cross Country Rider
from USA
Date Reviewed: March 3, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | None, really, except they make your levers look fancy at first. But they wear so fast and then look cheesy. | | Weaknesses: | they don't really work any better than medical or cloth sports tape. | | Similar Products Used: | tape, rubber tubing | | Bike Setup: | avid brakes | | Bottom Line: | I ordered them because the LBS didn't carry them. I live in humid country, and need some lever slip prevention. These came stuck together in the package and I couldn't hardly get them out. I also order some Lizard shock guards and chainstay guards. I have used all of them for months, but everything is falling apart. The stitching stinks, etc.
Lizard Skins in UT didn't help a bit, when I asked for a warranty on the bad lever skins (bad out of the box) and told them by email about the stitching (not expecting any replacement, just thought I would tell them to stitch better in the future).
They never replied, never called never did anything. They are unresponsive. But for products that retail | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
don
a Cross Country Rider
from miami
Date Reviewed: January 24, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | too many | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | none these are crap | | Weaknesses: | lets hope u didnt spend any $ on these | | Similar Products Used: | gloves | | Bike Setup: | trek | | Bottom Line: | dont buy these.... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jim
a Downhiller
from bellflower
Date Reviewed: November 28, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
all of em | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
can double for garbage | | Weaknesses: |
can double for garbage | | Similar Products Used: |
my gloves | | Bike Setup: |
ellsworth | | Bottom Line: | I CANT BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY BUYING THESE THINGS...DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT WAST YOUR CASH ON THESE. SPEND YOUR MONEY ON SOME GU PACKETS OR SOMETHING..THESE THING ARE TERRIBLE | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
cubby
a Cross-Country Rider
from pt jeff sta, ny
Date Reviewed: November 13, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
stillwell | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
looks....added gripping ability....?***don't listen to the negative reviews.get something to gently open one end just a hair and then generously spray hairspray all over the in/outside of grip. then just slip them on. i have avid 1.9 levers and had no problems. | | Weaknesses: |
none | | Similar Products Used: |
none | | Bike Setup: |
trek 8000....manitou sx | | Bottom Line: | if you're into cosmetics get a pair | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jay juan
a Weekend Warrior
from San Diego
Date Reviewed: September 7, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
single track | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
better than bare levers; cheap | | Weaknesses: |
a bit difficult to prepare...and hair spray?? | | Similar Products Used: |
cloth/rubber tape and the like | | Bike Setup: |
shimano XT's | | Bottom Line: | mine looked like they were already bonded together out of the package, poking them with a pencil will surely damage the product. If you can, try pinching each side to pry them apart as best you can. Spray the inside of the skins with hairspray (do not overspray to avoid sticky fingers) and not the levers themselves!!! Why didn't they think of a water based glue so we don't have to search for hairspray in the garage??? | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
D T
a Cross-Country Rider
from A2
Date Reviewed: August 25, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Not much--they are better than bare levers | | Weaknesses: |
Mine were bad out of the package, customer service is nihil. | | Similar Products Used: |
cloth tape | | Bottom Line: | I got two sets. I couldn't hardly get either out of the package without destroying them. The rubber neoprene was old, probably, and had joined with the cardboard inserts that held the pads. When I contacted lizard skins out in UT, no one would help me. I don't want to buy more of their products only to find that it won't work out of the package. I did get it onto my levers and tried it. It does help, but mine wore away fast because of damage done getting it out and on. cloth rim tape works just as well. Had lizard skins at least tried to help me, I would have given them more chilis, but... | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian
a Weekend Warrior
from Middletown, MD
Date Reviewed: July 31, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
add grip to brake levers, look cool, cheap | | Weaknesses: |
really really really hard to get on | | Bike Setup: |
Diamondback Sorrento (1997 Cro-Mo MTB alloy frame) | | Bottom Line: | They are very hard to get on, first, you need to get them out of the package, then use a screwdriver or pencil or something and shove it through a few times to 'prepare' it. Then you have to spray hairspray on the brake levers. After that, slip 'em on and they're fine. They don't move AT ALL after they dry. They look pretty cool and add a bit of grip. I think the ones I got were a bit old, when I put them on, there was a big bump in one, but that flattened out after about a day of use. All my friends are like 'How much did your new brake levers cost?' And I laugh and tell them i just got grips for them by Lizard Skins. I think that they work rather good, and they are pretty cheap. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pealu
a Cross-Country Rider
from Manchester
Date Reviewed: July 28, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Easy to fit, and they work | | Weaknesses: |
A bit fiddly if you've got fingers like cucumbers | | Bike Setup: |
Shimano XT levers | | Bottom Line: | Okay, so they're fiddly to get on but a generous helping of hairspray did it for me. Since they dried out they haven't moved at all and make my braking life much much easier. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
frank
a Weekend Warrior
from tallahassee,fl
Date Reviewed: June 4, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
redbug | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
cheap price | | Weaknesses: |
cheap product, ripped when i was putting the first one on... | | Similar Products Used: |
medical tape...works better | | Bike Setup: |
haro escape,bomber forks | | Bottom Line: | bottom line is u get the same satisfaction as flushing a five dollar bill down the toilet | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott Meredith
a Downhiller
from Spokane WA
Date Reviewed: May 24, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
nunyabizness | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Weaknesses: |
I just bought these, for trials riding, and they don't even fit over the brake levers! The go about half-way and then rip! | | Bottom Line: | Buy these caoutiosly!!! Check out your levers first. Lizard skins are cool, but these are not one of their better products. | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
michael
a Cross-Country Rider
from montreal
Date Reviewed: May 21, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
bromont | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
-takes an existing product (brake lever) and makes it better
-protects fingers from the cold | | Bike Setup: |
daimond back cro-mo
96 judy xc | | Bottom Line: | i saw these in my lbs and picked them up as an impulse buy. they didn't cost much and i love chachkas (check your yiddish dictionary) they go on pretty easy with a bit of soap and stay put once they dry. they have a no-slip area which actually help keep my fingers solidly on the levers. good product, good value and they kind of look cool. | | Overall Rating: |
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