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Submitted by
Bolinas
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from Mill Valley CA USA
Date Reviewed: June 4, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | sponsor | | Strengths: | Graet grips hold on to the bars greatly its WTB there the best | | Weaknesses: | none except that they need to make lock ons | | Similar Products Used: | WTB grips | | Bottom Line: | Its WTB, buy there products, the more you buy the more the produce and upgrade. WTB all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Paul
a Cross Country Rider
from London UK
Date Reviewed: October 17, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$7.00 | | Purchased At: | Bromley Bike | | Strengths: | Dual compound seems to work. Nice feel, and they don't slip round the bars. Lots of colours. Cheap | | Weaknesses: | Slippery when wet with bare hands. | | Similar Products Used: | Scott | | Bike Setup: | XC hardtail | | Bottom Line: | Probably fine if you wear gloves, but with bare hands there are other grips that are better in the wet. Grips make a big difference to the feel of a bike, and there's not much price difference between the cheapest and the best, so I don't think it's worth scimping in this area.
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Chris T
a Cross Country Rider
from Malden, MA, USA
Date Reviewed: May 28, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Middlesex Fells | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Came with bike | | Strengths: | Grippy and durable
Comfy for extended rides - made the trip from Boston->New York without any hand problems
| | Weaknesses: | Slippery when wet
Spin on bars once in a while | | Similar Products Used: | Old-school Oakley BMX grips on my Schwinn years ago | | Bike Setup: | 2K Fisher Aquila, Bontrager SuperStock bar, Fisher bar ends | | Bottom Line: | Don't feel the need to strip these off your bike if they come with it - they do the job pretty well. Durable - only replacing because I finally cut one on a rock, otherwise they are not worn that badly considering 3000 miles on them. Would have bought another pair but for the wet performance. 1 demerit for the wet performance. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Brian
a Cross Country Rider
from Berkeley, CA
Date Reviewed: May 11, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Good grip when dry | | Weaknesses: | Slipery when wet, wears fast | | Similar Products Used: | Foam grips, Giant OEM grips | | Bike Setup: | Upgraded Giant Iguana | | Bottom Line: | These are good grips for dry conditions but they get very slippery when wet or your hands get too sweaty. They also wear fast. I always find my hands covered in black particles adter riding. I've seen them for around five bucks a pair at a local bike shop though. So you can get them cheap. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
drbll
a Cross Country Rider
from kenosha
Date Reviewed: April 20, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | Galyans | | Strengths: | Looks great | | Weaknesses: | Seem to be wearing. | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized, Pedros, Ame | | Bike Setup: | Specialized M2 w/ Sid xc and all XT | | Bottom Line: | I really like these grips, they are comfortable and very grippy. They come in cool colors also. My only concern is that they might wear to quickly, but we will see. It is nice that you don't have to cut the ends out for installing bar ends. I have seen them for $6.50 at Cambria. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Gary Fisher
a Cross Country Rider
from USA
Date Reviewed: December 22, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Came w/ Bike | | Strengths: | Nice, Amazingly grippy when dry.. | | Weaknesses: | Not that grippy when wet so wear gloves and it is fine...Oh and the biggest thing i have against these grips is that..well..they arnt making me any faster! | | Similar Products Used: | Uh..other grips? | | Bike Setup: | 2001 Sugar 3 w/ Time ATAC and Z2 | | Bottom Line: | The WTB Dual Compounds are nice they are mildly thin..and are not as "loud" as some of those yeti's....I would/am recommending these to everyone i kno who rides...so you should get them to.. Im givin them a 4 for value cause 11 bucks off the shelf is kinda steep but 5 cause they'r great!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Luke
a Cross Country Rider
from Knoxville,TN,USA
Date Reviewed: September 21, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Lock4 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$5.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Grippy when wet. Grippy when dry.Grippy,grippy,grippy (not just rubbery) | | Weaknesses: | Little thick for my tastes. Loud coloring. | | Similar Products Used: | Many | | Bike Setup: | 99 Jamis Dragon | | Bottom Line: | I personally like a really thin grip, so this was on the thick side for me, but just by a little bit. Like all grips, this is just personal preference.
Objectively, they act like good grips should. Very tacky when wet or dry, not just rubbery.
I reccomend this to anyone who wants a good, sticky, medium thickness grip and doesn't mind having very bright colors on your bike.
Those of you whe need a very thin, or very thick grip need to find one that suits you, but make sure it has the grippiness of the WTBs. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Radar
a Racer
from Barberton OH
Date Reviewed: September 5, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Anything with dirt | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Eddy's | | Strengths: | They're good | | Weaknesses: | ? | | Similar Products Used: | ESP, Yeti, etc... | | Bottom Line: | This is just an update. They perform at least as good as all the other grips I've tried. They do wear maybe a little faster than others, but they give a pretty nice ride. I would recommend them for small-to-medium size hands because they aren't as thick as Oury's which fit big hands better. These also stick to the bar phenominally well, and I've had grips slide off. I just take them off and put them back on with a little spit. They stay like they're glued to the bar. Overall these are nothing special, but worth getting anyway.
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Submitted by
Coletas
a Cross Country Rider
from from all over, in texas now
Date Reviewed: July 9, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | San Angelo State Park | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Came free on my bike, look kinda cool. | | Weaknesses: | Slippery when damp, wear out fast, incredibly narrow. | | Similar Products Used: | Generic, Oasis, Yetti, Schwinn, Specialized. | | Bike Setup: | "Linda"... Y2K Mt. Tam, oasis grips and a few minor upgrades. | | Bottom Line: | Not the greatest product in the world. It was, I think, one of the places the Fisher skimped on this bike to keep it at a lower price point (along with a low end BB and headset), and I do not really blame them. I mean this is a part that is probably gonna be changed out due to personal preference anyway, so why spend money on it... a few bucks saved per bike, across an entire production run, will be enought to buy Paola some great looking pink bike pants (not to mention jersey, shoes, Sugar 1, socks, gloves... I am manly concerned with the pants though). | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe
a Racer
from NE Ohio
Date Reviewed: March 28, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Anything with dirt. | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | + Cool look
+ Decent feel
+ Light | | Weaknesses: | - A little slippery (any grips are when wet and with no gloves) | | Similar Products Used: | ESP (pretty good too) | | Bike Setup: | Fisher, with Bonty bars. | | Bottom Line: | These are pretty good. People might say they are slippery but that's because they either don't wear gloves or they get these grips wet alot. IMO they have good feel, and look cool too. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Frank
a Weekend Warrior
from Tucson, AZ, USA
Date Reviewed: January 28, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | any singletrack | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | clear looks cool, nothing else | | Weaknesses: | SLIPPERY | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized | | Bike Setup: | Aeon Isis, Marzocchi Z3 LT fork, Chris King Headset, etc. | | Bottom Line: | First of all, grips are like pedals and tires: everyone has their own preference. With that in mind, let me say that I hate these grips. They look cool, but that's it. With any amount of moisture, these grips lose any grip whatsoever. They're the perfect fairweather grip for the sweatless rider. I find that for real world conditions they suck. Today I bailed because my hands flew off of them while bombing a downhill section. They also aren't comfortable for me. Some people might like them, but I don't. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Luc Albert
a Racer
from Milpitas, CA
Date Reviewed: October 27, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Saratoga Gap | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Weaknesses: |
Slippery when wet | | Similar Products Used: |
Yetti | | Bike Setup: |
Red grips on my '99 Zaskar LE team and '99 XCR 1000 | | Bottom Line: | These are great grips. They are soft but not too soft and fit right into the palm of my hand. | | Overall Rating: |
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Ben
a Cross-Country Rider
from Sussex - UK
Date Reviewed: October 5, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Lattrigg XC | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Very Grippy and soft | | Weaknesses: |
worn out allready
very very slippy when wet | | Similar Products Used: |
Standard ones
Kona Moosenuckle | | Bike Setup: |
Kona Hahanna | | Bottom Line: | These are nice grippy grips but when it's wet or sweaty they are very slippy, they have worn out very quickly too. I use Kona Moosenuckle now and they are fantastic. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick Fenton
a Racer
from Clinton CT
Date Reviewed: August 16, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Not telling! | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Verry grippy, comes in many many colors now! | | Weaknesses: |
None if used properly | | Similar Products Used: |
odi-too big!
and way to many others | | Bike Setup: |
K2 1000 | | Bottom Line: | The best grip out there unless your a gorill then try some Yeti's or odi's. Yes it is true that they are slippery when wet and I wore mine out in a week but I found out that you can spray the grips with a water reppellent and they don't slipp or wear out as fast. | | Overall Rating: |
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Ben
a Cross-Country Rider
from Sussex - UK
Date Reviewed: August 11, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Lattrigg | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Very very grippy | | Weaknesses: |
wears out very fast, very slippy in wet | | Similar Products Used: |
orange, yeti | | Bike Setup: |
M-Trax proline 450 | | Bottom Line: | very grippy but if you ride in gloves they wear out in a couple of months, apart from that, very good | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Danny Boy
a Cross-Country Rider
from Green Bay, WI
Date Reviewed: July 15, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
john muir | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
excellent feel
wide range of colors
great duribility
good grip when dry | | Weaknesses: |
slippery as hell when wet(rain) | | Similar Products Used: |
GT trial, Giant stock, ODI | | Bike Setup: |
GT Backwoods, RS indy XC | | Bottom Line: | although they may cost a little more than an average grip, the WTB grips are definately worth every penny. you don't even know they are there, which i guess is the ultimate compliment for a grip. overall...five flaming phallic symbols | | Overall Rating: |
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Graeme
a Cross-Country Rider
from Mill Valley, CA
Date Reviewed: July 7, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Homestead Trail | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
Super thick so it is almost impossible for the bar to punch through. Strong and durable. Comfortable. | | Weaknesses: |
Only two colors, black and clear. But clear looks awesome on any color bars. | | Similar Products Used: |
Serfas | | Bike Setup: |
Bike: Wilderness Trail Bikes Phoenix
Shock: 97 Z-2 | | Bottom Line: | The only grips i will buy for the rest of my life. My serfas ones fell to pieces and rubbed off on my hands as were i have had the WTB ones and they still look new after 1 year.
They are the only grips worth getting. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kevin
a Weekend Warrior
from Charlotte, Nc
Date Reviewed: April 11, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Cane Creek Park | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Has that good jelly feeling. Doesn't hurt hands. Does what it's supposed too | | Weaknesses: |
none | | Similar Products Used: |
lizard | | Bike Setup: |
Gary fisher big sur, judy xc | | Bottom Line: | Good grips | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
pedro
a Cross-Country Rider
from onterible
Date Reviewed: March 15, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
comfy
does what it is supposed to do | | Weaknesses: |
nothing | | Similar Products Used: |
ritchey, oury, onza, pedros | | Bottom Line: | does what it should | | Overall Rating: |
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