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3m Super77 turns to goo when it gets warm, tho. I know that stuff well. My wife is a graphic designer, back from the days way before computers were widely used. She lived on that stuff.

Oh, are these foam grips you're installing? Best bet... carpenter's wood glue, the yellow stuff. Seriously. Works great. It gets into the pores of the matte carbon fiber and has something to stick to. I did it once and my grips were stuck perfectly on the bars of my weight weenie race bike for 3 years. I just carefully, gently cut them off with a utility knife when I wanted to remove them.
 
3m Super77 turns to goo when it gets warm, tho. I know that stuff well.
Warm?

Where are you riding? Mars?

;)

I'm in the South and never had any issues with gooieness. 100°+ stupid summers with humidity out the ass.

I'm able to get them off in a manner that they're still reusable as well.
 
Windex, alcohol, hair spray or even soapy water. The key is getting them drenched so they slide on.

And good choice on the grips... I love my ESI's.
 
I put my first set on this morning.My LBS didn't have the color I wanted so I bought black to see if I'll like them. I've been wanting to try them for a while now. I think I'm going to love them. My question is, when I switch them out for the color I want, do you have to cut them off? (I used alchol and they went on without a fight.)
 
I have used a syringe to inject alcohol to remove these in the past, but recently installed them on a set of carbon bars. I need to remove them to make some adjustments and don't want to scratch the bars when inserting the needle. I've got a compressor, but can't seem to make it work for me.

Anyone feel like taking a video of you removing and installing them with a compressor? What tip do you use?
 
What is the technique with the Air Compressor?

I have been using Windex (not super easy), but I have a compressor.
Take a blow nozzle put a bike needle on it. Put it in the hole at the end of the grips (might have to make one), Then put the grips on the end of the bars a little. As you push on the grips put some air into them and they should slide on easy. Just don't use to much psi or the grips might split. 5-10 psi should work. They should come off the same way.

Practice with an old pair.
 
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