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Submitted by
Ricky deLeyos
a Cross Country Rider
from College Park, MD
Date Reviewed: 4/4/2004 11:58:06 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Gambrill |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $15 |
| Purchased At: | Webcyclery |
| Strengths: | Cool looking, soft sections between stars, long, good diameter, never slipped on the bars |
| Weaknesses: | Hard stars |
| Similar Products Tried: | 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: 1/29/2004 11:23:29 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | lower wintercreek loop |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $10 |
| 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 Tried: | 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
from whateva,illinois,usa
Date Reviewed: 7/26/2003 10:10:38 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $1 |
| 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: 4/15/2002 10:06:41 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | 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 Tried: | 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: 4/6/2002 9:52:36 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | big air |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $9 |
| Strengths: | tough a crap i threw them all over the place with no rips |
| Weaknesses: | tends to rip caluses |
| Similar Products Tried: | 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: 2/3/2002 2:45:04 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $5 |
| 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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