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Salsa (DUPLICATE)
Juegos de Fuego Grips
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4.31/5
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13
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$ 9.00
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Description:The Juegos dual-ply construction and asymmetrically bulged shape enhance comfort and control. The raised pepper surface is muy moto, and it feels good too. Includes a set of Fire-Plugs bar plugs.
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Submitted by
Nick
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from San Antonio, TX
Date Reviewed: September 5, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Downtown Traffic | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$12.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Confortable, very grippy, peppers look slick! I've never had any problems with grip when they are wet, and I don't wear gloves either. | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | WTB | | Bike Setup: | fixed gear bike w/ semi-track geometry and flat bar | | Bottom Line: | Great grips. I pull the hell out of these things banging my fixed-gear all over town, and they never let me down. Buy 'em! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rocko
a Cross Country Rider
from Wisconsin
Date Reviewed: August 9, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Lowes Creek Co Park | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Soft and comfortable
Good grip when dry
Hold well on the bar | | Weaknesses: | Sweat makes 'em slippery as heck
Plugs fit loosely in bars | | Similar Products Used: | WTB Dual Compound
cheap stock grips | | Bike Setup: | Gunnar Ruffian single speed with Easton EC70 carbon riser handlebar | | Bottom Line: | My first impression of these grips was pretty positive. They didn't twist at all once installed on the bars, and they felt pretty comfortable. The raised soft rubber peppers and ergonomic shape are nice.
Unfortunately, when my hands start to sweat the grips become completely worthless. They're slippery when wet, even with gloves on. It might not be as much of a problem on my geared bike, but when I'm mashing up a hill on my single speed, I need all the leverage on the bars that I can get. My hands slipping off of the bars makes this very difficult.
Hot, humid days and these gloves don't mix, so two chiles overall. Two chiles for value, because it was $10 flushed down the drain. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ed
a Weekend Warrior
from quezon city, philippines
Date Reviewed: March 4, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$7.00 | | Purchased At: | KING'S BIKE SHOP Quiapo Mla. | | Strengths: | Excellent grip... very comfortable... cool design... | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Bike Setup: | xc hardtail norco frame... shimano LX '05 group set, marzocchi exr pro shocks, avid ball bearing 7 disc brake and avid d7 lever, easton ea50 handle bar, fsa stem, mavic 223 rim, da bomb saddle, specialize enduro tire | | Bottom Line: | I really like the design, its cool and it has an excellent grip. You cant go wrong with it and its also comfortable to your palm even riding it for hours.... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark B.
a Weekend Warrior
from Ft. Wayne, IN, USA
Date Reviewed: October 12, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | comfort, durability | | Weaknesses: | twist some on the bar | | Similar Products Used: | generic/OEM crap | | Bike Setup: | hardtail, Profile carbon riser, Prodigy stem, Manitou 100mm, XT crank, 8-speed, BG saddle, Hayes mech discs | | Bottom Line: | I haven't had a day of regret putting these grips on -- they cushion the hands well, they last, changing out is a little rough (they've been on two bars now), and they do tend to twist just a bit, more so on the carbon bar than the alloy. The end plugs didn't fit the alloy bar, so I had to use expansion plugs (Schwinn BMX) then. But the grips are a worthy investment -- couldn't find the ODI type, would have gotten the best of both worlds! ODI is the only thing I could think of to replace these with. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Pete Hill
a Racer
from Wheaton, IL
Date Reviewed: September 30, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | Don't slide stay in place, dry quickly, no numbness, excellent grip. | | Weaknesses: | none yet | | Similar Products Used: | Oury, Odi, race face. | | Bike Setup: | Salsa Bandito XT, XTR, Sram. | | Bottom Line: | I never found a grip that would not slip until Salsa. Plus never had a problem with getting wet. The squares let air pass through, while the very functional chili peppers have excellent bite. I also have the salsa gloves which work well with these grips | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jonathan 'jonowee' Wee
a Cross Country Rider
from Perth, WA, Australia
Date Reviewed: March 19, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | A$59.95 at TBE Willetton | | Strengths: | [Review for Lock-On model.]
-Lock-On security, ease fo use, installation.
- +Grip.
- Wide.
- Neat and cheeky pepper design that also vent the grip. | | Weaknesses: | - Wide, Lock-on grips don't fit on cramped riser bars. (WILL SOMEONE FROM GRIP-MAKING LAND PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE GRIPS IN THE DIFFERENT DESIGNS AND CONFIGURATION TO NOT LEAVE GRIPSHIFT USERS BEHIND DAZED AND FUSTRATED. Come on, you can't ignore it that there thousands of gripshift users, $$.)
- Lock-On starters may be scared off by the premium.
- Currently only comes in black only.
- Lock-On's design does not allow dual density grip design for plush feel. (Back to the drawing board peoples.) | | Similar Products Used: | - Standard (slips like a vaselin-covered bowling ball with bare sweating hands.)
-MICHELIN grips (Ergonomics 101, dual density plushness, grips like hot racing tyres.) | | Bike Setup: | Fat 30-35lb alloy XC hardtail AVANTI with 2002 ROCK SHOX Judy XC to replace the stock RST fork (Bad, Bad!) | | Bottom Line: | Outstanding if you don't ride gripshifts.
I'm looking up info on ODI Lock-Ons and they have Lock-Ons in narrower widths. Should swap them.
Lock-Ons are the way of the future if they come in all the design and configurations (dual-density). | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pete Hill
a Racer
from Wheaton, IL
Date Reviewed: January 15, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | Palos | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$9.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | grip holds well to hand and bar no slipage. I like how well it dries air passes through the grip due to lots of spacing. No numbness. Price was right, Bar end hold well | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized, Oury | | Bike Setup: | Specialized | | Bottom Line: | Buy the Salsa glove the grips and gloves work together well. Once these grips are on their on, other grips used to slip not these. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Geoff
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from Whibty
Date Reviewed: October 29, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$12.00 | | Purchased At: | Antoons | | Strengths: | Really soft, easy to grip and dont move on the bars | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Serfas, Haro | | Bike Setup: | KHS Alite 4000, full XTR, SID WC fork | | Bottom Line: | Solid grip all round. Havent used anything better. In 24hour races my hands used to get mad blisters even with gloves on but not with these ones! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rich
a Cross Country Rider
from Apex, NC
Date Reviewed: June 26, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Angels Landing | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Strengths: | the dont spin on my bar | | Weaknesses: | hard to hold onto when they get sweaty | | Similar Products Used: | lots | | Bottom Line: | I liked these grips fine until I rode trails today in 95 degree heat. I had to cut my ride short because I could not hang on to these things. If you ride in the heat, these might be ok w/ full finger gloves. I went straight to the bike shop and got some RaceFace good-and-evils. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Deadman
a Cross Country Rider
from Kalamazoo MI
Date Reviewed: February 23, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Fort Custer MI red loop | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | local shop | | Strengths: | soft, sticky when wet, easy to apply, pre-cut for barends | | Weaknesses: | grips spin, quick to wear | | Similar Products Used: | Pearl Izumi Greptile. | | Bike Setup: | 2002 Hoo Koo E Koo w/ Manitou SX Carbon, Easton EA50 stem, seat post and xc handlebar, Kenda Kilmax tires and lite weight tubes. | | Bottom Line: | My grips will spin if I twist them, but I do not notice it when I ride. The grips will wear down, but don't they all. I'll buy these again. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Megan
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from Claremont, CA
Date Reviewed: February 19, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$8.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson | | Strengths: | Look mad cool, grippy, feel good on most of the hand, absorb vibes well | | Weaknesses: | hurts the heel of my hand, a little slippery when wet | | Similar Products Used: | ODI assault- ah, my nishiki cascade and the early '90s | | Bike Setup: | access XCL frame, lx/xt drive train, stx-rc vees with avid sd7 levers, thudbuster w/ selle italia gel flite, titec hellbent bars w/ big al stem, indy c - the wonders of a college student budget | | Bottom Line: | Since I'm a big dork (and a big poser) I've got a superman color scheme going on (red, yellow, blue). The grips look mad cool on my bike. I did the look and the feel of the little chili peppers. Like the plugs. My fingers and palms really like these grips. The heels of my hands hurt like none other when riding them though. Even with gloves. Never happened with my ODIs. Overall, I like 'em though. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Waldo
a Downhiller
from Jersey
Date Reviewed: February 13, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Foutainhead, VA | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$13.00 | | Purchased At: | bikeman.com | | Strengths: | Grip is the perfect size and shape for my hands! The slight bulge in the center conforms to the shape of your hands well. The raised peppers have grip, tackiness and provide comfort against vibration. The bar end caps are soft and fit the ends of your bars easy. They don't budge once their on. Reasonably priced. Nice colors available. Sharp-looking. | | Weaknesses: | I wish they would last longer but they do last longer than most grips. They will wear out more if you ride w/ them wet. Otherwise they will last 6-7 months w/ everyday hard riding. Hard to get off once their on. | | Similar Products Used: | WTB, Oury, ControlTech, Titec, GT, Odi | | Bike Setup: | Trek Bruiser, WTB Moto 2.4, 2.5 Weirwolf, Fox 125R, RF Prodigy DH cranks, Alex Supra E rear wheel, DM24 front wheel. Titec hellbent bar and stem, Deore drivetrain, Haro Mirra seat and those Salsa fuego grips! | | Bottom Line: | Get them if you have smaller to medium size hands and want comfort. I got them b/c Oury's and Odi Rouge were too thick for my hands. Good for freeride and XC. I highly recommend them! They are almost Perfect and I haven't found a better grip so I must give them 5's all-around! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Shabba Itsawhirla
a Racer
from Kapingamarangi, Federated States of Micronesia
Date Reviewed: February 13, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Fasty | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | gifty | | Strengths: | The grippy. Dual Texture. Bump to grasp. Match bar plug. Wet OK. Fast attach to bar. Use the hand with hold. Make not tired hands. Sell color for me to look. Never with the twirling. Always with the having hold. Flange has presence. Having the hold. | | Weaknesses: | Never find weak. Maybe remove hard. Crash can break brakes. Make having to cut item from bar what the removal. Then get more item for bar holding. | | Similar Products Used: | Other ones. Now these are good. | | Bike Setup: | Light with the good to look. | | Bottom Line: | Happy when use. Work hard for without the being mad. The good understand. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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