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Submitted by
Jay Notes
a Racer
from Middletown, ca
Date Reviewed: October 27, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Hard core bliss | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$12.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Rack | | Strengths: | Very grippy, even in the wet with mud on you hands. looks awesome and tricks my friends that they are lock ons. | | Weaknesses: | Slip around a little bit, but thats because i ride through rivers and mud. | | Similar Products Used: | These are my second pair of grips. And they are far better than the stock grips that come on the giant yukon. | | Bike Setup: | Everything is upgraded to high quality stuff. except i broke my rear hub this afternoon, but i have shimano deore POS rims on it. Im probably going to get a hope pro race II. only things that are stock are handle bars, stem, seat post, and rear brake cable | | Bottom Line: | Really good grips, buy them. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Troy Donovan
a Cross Country Rider
from New Zealand
Date Reviewed: August 3, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | irvine bike source | | Strengths: | great grip, excellent feel and long life | | Weaknesses: | tricky to get on (but dont move one on so no problem really) | | Similar Products Used: | usual stock stuff from the shops - all were c*&p so ordered these from USA | | Bottom Line: | Man these are sweet! had them for 10 years (yep!) on a Proflex 856 that just died - the grips are still good, have kept soft and still grip. Going to buy lock-on Yeti's for my new MC San Andreas | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt Stell
a Cross Country Rider
from Cumming, GA
Date Reviewed: May 4, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Central Park | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Soft grip, looks nice | | Weaknesses: | Difficult to get on until you know what you're doing... | | Similar Products Used: | Stock Specialized grips | | Bike Setup: | Almost stock Specialized Hardrock | | Bottom Line: | Very comfortable grips that are much better than stock. Couldn't get them on without soaking the grips in alcohol and then quickly sliding them on. Now there is absolutely NO twisting on the bars. Overall very comfortable, and for the price they are hard to beat. I thought about the lock-on grips which are easier to install, but I'm happy with these. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian
a Downhiller
from california
Date Reviewed: April 14, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$14.00 | | Purchased At: | cambria bicycles | | Strengths: | very grippy, easy to install, so far they're awesome | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | crappy specialized grips | | Bike Setup: | azonic eliminater frame, xt rear derailleur, lx rear front derailleur, lx cranks, thompson seat post, xt shifters, marzocchi MX comp w/ ETA, cane creek s2 headset, mavic 717 wheels, avid bb7's, and a lot of other good stuff | | Bottom Line: | these are great grips and are a little soft, but are an extreme upgrade next to my other specialized grips that come stalk on almost all of their bikes. get the yetis!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jon Sillito
a Cross Country Rider
from Manchester, UK
Date Reviewed: December 26, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Marin Trail | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$23.00 | | Purchased At: | Ebay | | Strengths: | DOES NOT SLIP/ROTATE/CREEP AT ALL!!! Even when I try and move it! | | Weaknesses: | Wears a little quickly. | | Similar Products Used: | Schwinn grips, some crappy grips. | | Bike Setup: | 100mm XC bike, Deore/LX parts, 180mm Deore Hydro brakes, some nice parts. | | Bottom Line: | I ride at least a hour a day on average, usually with gloves, sometimes without, and these grips never let my hands slip. They are comfortable, and will not move a nanometer once they are on. I've had them on and off a few times too, to change/adjust brake and shifter levers, and they are a doddle to adjust. Did I mention, they will not move! They seem to be wearing, but I'm not that bothered, as you can get replacement grips minus the lock on bits for a few quidm which in my eyes is worth it for the performance! They cost a few more pennies, but these are the best grips you can get. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Paul McCollough
a Weekend Warrior
from TN
Date Reviewed: February 13, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | any rocky rooty tight & twisty | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | local shop | | Strengths: | soft and tacky, cushiony enough(when installed with the big logo in the right spot) that I wear unpadded bmx racing gloves with them. | | Weaknesses: | wear maybe, but mine are good after a year. | | Similar Products Used: | wtb, ritchey, salsa | | Bike Setup: | 6061 HT spec'd up for rough xc, FSA, Thompson, | | Bottom Line: | I have vever experienced a slip while using these grips, and they are extremely comfortable. Get 'em you won't regret. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Flyboy sky
a Downhiller
from altoona
Date Reviewed: December 15, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | anything steep | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$9.00 | | Purchased At: | supergo | | Strengths: | Tackiness and softness on the paws | | Weaknesses: | wear | | Similar Products Used: | everything out there | | Bike Setup: | vp free everything best. Marzocchi 888 chris king......bla bla bla | | Bottom Line: | The best grip out there they wear out somewhat faster than others but they give you the stickiest and softness you want for narly terrain. I have had others that last longer but it is at the expense of being harder rubber making them harder on the hands. If you are looking for a set of grips that is going to perform awesome for a reasonable amount of time get this you won't go back to anything else. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nate
a
from New Hampshire
Date Reviewed: April 7, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | Ft. Rock | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$9.00 | | Purchased At: | Pricepoint | | Strengths: | STICKY!, looks awesome | | Weaknesses: | None | | Bike Setup: | 2004 Cannondale F300, Manitou Black Comp 120mm, Shimano M545, Kore riser bar, Kore lite stem | | Bottom Line: | Buy these grips, you won't regret it! They have lots of cushion, are easy to hold on to, and look cool. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
nash
a Weekend Warrior
from newport news, vA
Date Reviewed: April 7, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$18.00 | | Purchased At: | jenson | | Strengths: | sticky, stay in place, make your bike look hardcore w/ the lock clamps | | Weaknesses: | a littl large in diameter, not for smaller hands or those with a weaker grip | | Similar Products Used: | many | | Bike Setup: | 98 rockhopper w/ everything but frame/wheelset swapped out | | Bottom Line: | excellent grips, stay in place and that's the true matter at hand. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Charles Huchette
a
from Canada
Date Reviewed: October 6, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | local shops | | Strengths: | sticky, hold on the handlebar without problem, durable | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | all kind of grips | | Bottom Line: | I had those on 3 bikes, they are really great, when they get dirty use a bio degreaser or wd-40 on them it's going to make them become stick again, really durable and doesnt move on the handlebar, great grips | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
A J
a Cross Country Rider
from Princeton, NJ USA
Date Reviewed: June 12, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | any | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$12.00 | | Purchased At: | www.bikeworld.com | | Strengths: | Comforty and looks | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Oury, Specialized, Lizard Skins | | Bike Setup: | 03 Carbon Fuel, XTR, Mavic Crossmax, etc... | | Bottom Line: | Excellent grips, wouldnt use anything else. Very comfortable with no vibrations. Looks cool too! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tyler
a Cross Country Rider
from Dallas ,TX
Date Reviewed: April 26, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | Rei.com | | Strengths: | Doesn't move once on the bar
Looks
Good grip, but maybe too soft for some | | Weaknesses: | Somewhat difficult to install
Tends to get 'mushy' after a long ride
Color fades if you wear gloves | | Similar Products Used: | N/A | | Bike Setup: | Trek 4300 with nothing stock | | Bottom Line: | If you are looking for a somewhat soft grip that looks cool then buy these grips. I have red, and it definately accents my bike. Take into account that these grips tend to get 'mushy' or 'squishy' after a long ride. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric
a Cross Country Rider
from Mountain View
Date Reviewed: January 14, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | 12.00 | | Strengths: | Look cool | | Weaknesses: | They last about 3 months. | | Similar Products Used: | Many other grips, currently happy with WTB | | Bike Setup: | XC hardtail | | Bottom Line: | These grips were comfortable enough. They are a bit on the soft side and tend to squirm around a bit during steep climbs. Within a couple of rides they look really warn, and after a few months they looked more worn out thatn a set of grips that I've had on another bike for 5 years.
Unless you have to hace the Yeti logo on your bike, skip 'em. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark Harman
a Cross Country Rider
from Dublin,Ireland
Date Reviewed: October 17, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | Balinastoe wood | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$12.00 | | Purchased At: | The cycle Inn | | Strengths: | Very grippy,Look cool | | Weaknesses: | Wear pretty quick but I would rather have grips that wear quick than one's that work well. | | Similar Products Used: | Bontrager,Yeti speed,giant in-house(crap),etc etc | | Bike Setup: | Bh replica with full xtr,crossmax,sids + easton/x-lite finishing kit. | | Bottom Line: | Great grips,work well in the wet,don't know why people have been complaining about these grips because3 they are the best grips i have ever used | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark
a Weekend Warrior
from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 25, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$12.00 | | Purchased At: | CyclePath | | Strengths: | Sticky, Durable, Very Comfortable (only with gloves) | | Weaknesses: | without gloves, they are very uncomfortable | | Bike Setup: | Shimano LX Decore break/shifters combo, Bontrager 660 Superstock handlebars, Funn Pedals, Specialized Mens comp Saddle, Yeti Hardcore Grips | | Bottom Line: | Great grips. With my Foxra Racing gloves, they are so comfortable, and feel like my hand is attatched to the grips. Without gloves, its murder. If your a glove wearer, i would recomend these..
Bonus: if you have grip shifters, and full size replacement grips dont fit, you can cut the ends off of these grips, and not deface the grips and they will fit perfectly.
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Cheers!
~Mark | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dinesh Rajan
a
from Selangor, Malaysia
Date Reviewed: August 4, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | Urban Assault, Trails, Dirt Jumping | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$8.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Shop | | Strengths: | Good traction, Soft & Comfortable, Sticky, has good traction even when it's wet. Seldom slip. | | Weaknesses: | It wears out faster than it says. (HARDCORE GRIPS)
| | Similar Products Used: | Titec | | Bottom Line: | Overall it is the best grips I have ever used.
Very comfortable and soft.
Very good traction.
Amazingly it doesn't slip when it's wet.
Strongly recommend it to offroad riders. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jay
a Weekend Warrior
from Woodbridge, NJ USA
Date Reviewed: July 31, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | Any with Dirt | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | Kim's Cycles, New Brunswick NJ | | Strengths: | Very Sticky and comfortable. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Stock Oasis grips from Trek. | | Bike Setup: | Trek 4300 Disc. | | Bottom Line: | Great grips. After one ride on my stock grips on my Trek, I decided to upgrade to these grips. I was starting to form blisters from the stock grips. No more blisters for me. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ddanj
a Weekend Warrior
from Hell
Date Reviewed: June 9, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Strengths: | Grippy as hell
soft
tacky
looks good | | Weaknesses: | wears out quicker than wanted, but does last a long time | | Bottom Line: | Really good grips for a great price! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Luke Bramley
a Downhiller
from England
Date Reviewed: June 5, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | good grip
nice tight fit
gets a tad sticky when wet, which i like, stops your hands from slipping | | Weaknesses: | wears a bit quick | | Similar Products Used: | Lizard Skins Dual Density | | Bottom Line: | for all you people who say that it rips their hands up, what are you on about? i never wear gloves and these grips are great, you must all just be wet boys =P
these grips are fine with my STX trigger shifters and the only bad thig i could say about these grips is maybe that they are a tad pricey and that they wear down in places instead of all over | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick
a Weekend Warrior
from bay city, mi
Date Reviewed: December 25, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | drops | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$9.00 | | Purchased At: | jensonusa.com | | Strengths: | Pretty grippy, good colors, real soft, easy to install. | | Weaknesses: | Get real sticky when even a little wet, wear away and get little sticky "rubber bunnies" on your hands, smell like poo'. | | Similar Products Used: | Oury, GT DualCompund (awesome!) | | Bike Setup: | I dont wanna type all of it, too much. | | Bottom Line: | Good grips if not intending on using for a while. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mirek
a Cross Country Rider
from G.R. MI
Date Reviewed: December 11, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$9.00 | | Purchased At: | Colorado Cyclest | | Strengths: | Comfortable, soft, good grip | | Weaknesses: | They move a little after long technical rides. | | Bike Setup: | hard tail, XT components | | Bottom Line: | Good grips, soft and sticky. I ride most of the time without gloves and they don’t fill hard at all.
I had those grips for one year and almost 1500 miles.
I will buy next pair for naxt season.
If you have s o f t hands, don't buy them. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick
a
from Tempe, AZ
Date Reviewed: November 1, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | The clamp design is a neat idea. They're pretty grippy with or without gloves. | | Weaknesses: | Some people say they tore up their hands- I've never had that problem. They're too thin for my taste, and too hard, so they don't absorb shock well. People with big hands should look towards Oury or RaceFace to cover their bars. They can be finicky with trigger shifters- I run a riser bar and if the triggers are too far towards the bend in the bar, the triggers will hit the clamps. | | Similar Products Used: | Oury (still my favorite), Snafu, Serfas, a couple others | | Bottom Line: | If you don't mind feeling most of the vibration off the front wheel, or like a grip with a more responsive feel to it, these may be for you. I like something thicker and squishier for my big hands, so these aren't for me. They're mighty expensive, too. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
siconico d
a Cross Country Rider
from Flagstaff Az
Date Reviewed: October 18, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Schultz Creek | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$18.00 | | Purchased At: | Local Shop | | Strengths: | Easy to install/"de"stall | | Weaknesses: | ? | | Similar Products Used: | Name it | | Bike Setup: | 96 stumpy hardtail with Z.4 | | Bottom Line: | One of the best grips out there. I have been using them for awhile, and I always ride with gloves, but even so, these other people talking about them "ripping my hands up" need to stop using all that lotion on their mitts. Yes, it has square edges, but so do some nerf products, and the hardness is rather similar. Well worth the money, and they have survived repeated drops with ease. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chas
a Weekend Warrior
from Tampa, FL
Date Reviewed: October 14, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | Local Bike Shop | | Strengths: | Cushioning the handlebar. | | Weaknesses: | Hard on bare hands. | | Similar Products Used: | Stock grips that came with bike. | | Bike Setup: | 2000 Giant Rincon hardtail upgraded with RockShox JUDY XC fork and Pararacer Fire XC Pro tires | | Bottom Line: | Bought these when stock grips wore out. Easy installation except the Yeti bar end plugs were a real pain to insert. Seemed a tad to large of a diameter for my bars. I ended up using the original end plugs that came with the bike. Rode today for the first time without gloves and man, those grips tore up my hands! (That's what I get for forgetting the gloves at home). For those who always wear gloves, these grips are okay. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Moe
a Weekend Warrior
from Weston, FL, U.S.A
Date Reviewed: October 11, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | markham park | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$12.00 | | Purchased At: | bells | | Strengths: | They look and feel great. Provide lots cusion. feel very sturdy with the lock jaws. | | Weaknesses: | If not placed properly, the lock jaws could tear your hands up. | | Similar Products Used: | stock bontrager grips | | Bike Setup: | trek fuel 90 2002 | | Bottom Line: | pretty sweet compared to the stock grips my bike came with. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Paul Lang
a Cross Country Rider
from Asia
Date Reviewed: August 29, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | any trail. | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Grippy even in the wet. | | Weaknesses: | Doesn't last as long as others (say 2000km's XC) - buy hey, what's 20 bucks compared to the other components on a bike. | | Bottom Line: | The primary function of grips are to be comfortable and grippy under all conditions (with gloves on of course). I actually like the sticky compound and have grown so accustomed to it I don't use any other grips.
My grips show some wear after some time, but not to an extent as described by some reviewers below.
I'd recommend these grips to everyone. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mr. Not-a-Yeti-for-Prime-Time
a Cross Country Rider
from Golden,Co USA
Date Reviewed: August 10, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Any | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | SuperSlow - Oh, I mean Go. | | Strengths: | None. | | Weaknesses: | A LOGO DOES NOT A GRIP MAKE !!! These Yeti ODI grips are way too sharp and they are tearing up BOTH of my hands. I made sure that I mounted them at the correct angle.
The soft compound along w/the sharp raised letters really
has been bad news for me. I always wear gloves when I ride
and the grips are chewing my hands up even w/the gloves on. | | Similar Products Used: | Oury, Gripshift, etc. | | Bike Setup: | Nice. | | Bottom Line: | I really wonder if the problem w/these grips just might be that the soft compound just does not work w/a gripshift...and that just might be the case. Anyway, I really don't think that the YETI logo is the best grip
pattern there is...matter of fact I think it _ucks !
Back to glueing and prying my grips off of the bars... : ( | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Hans
a Weekend Warrior
from Sweden
Date Reviewed: August 4, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | Cykelcity | | Strengths: | Shock absorbant, looks | | Weaknesses: | Sticky, wears out to fast, rotates on the handlebar | | Similar Products Used: | Older Yeti grips, which were better | | Bike Setup: | Park Pre Pro 825, Marzocchi Z3, Easton EA70 handlebar | | Bottom Line: | I wear gloves, but I dont think these grips will last for long... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jared
a
from Chester, NJ
Date Reviewed: July 29, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Tiger Brook | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$18.00 | | Strengths: | Really shock absorbent, cool design, palm thing sometimes works. | | Weaknesses: | Grip slid, wore down way too fast and got very gunky. | | Similar Products Used: | Stock on my 4300, soon to be replaced | | Bike Setup: | Trek 4300 | | Bottom Line: | Ok, if you really need shock absorbency, but a bit too thick for me. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan
a Downhiller
from Burlington
Date Reviewed: July 24, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Havendale Trail | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$14.00 | | Purchased At: | Cyclepath Oakville | | Strengths: | Ultimate grip when needed. You can always seem to squeeze harder if u need to! | | Weaknesses: | Wear out VERY FAST if you DON"T use gloves. If u use gloves, they'll last longer than you. :) | | Similar Products Used: | multiple grips | | Bike Setup: | Aluminum Hardtail. 2001 Z1 Dropoff fork, XT Vee Brakes, Deore Drivetrain. YETI HARDCORE GRIPS | | Bottom Line: | I'd have to say that this is a pretty good deal. As long as you wear gloves, the grips will last. Otherwise they'll flake off in under a month. Always soft, i've never slipped off of my grips! Good deal!! Go for it!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
D_U_S_T_O
a
from battleford saskatchewan canada
Date Reviewed: July 9, 2001 | |
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$ 18.00
