[Pete N]

Can anyone please give me advice on some good lightweight grips.
I would like grips that don't slip/twist on carbon bars and don't like them sculptured, just the regular round shape. I figure it would be a good way to lose some weight and my current lock on grips weigh around 63g, so would like to lose a considerable amount. Thanks

 

[1415chris]

If you like foam grips, I do, you can go for: bontrager xxx lite, HiTemp42, both +/- 12g.

 

[Cezex]

Bontrager XXX Light are not round (they are cut from two sides), X Light ones are.

 

[Dan Gerous]

ESI Racer's Edge maybe? Mine were 42gr before I cut them, not as much weight saving as foam but they don't slip and I much prefer their feeling and grip compared to foam grips...

 

[OuterNational]

do a search, this has been rehashed many times.

 

[DavidR1]

I'm a fan of ESI grips.

 

[briscoelab]

ESI Chunky is what I go for. Light and still very comfy. Plus, the diameter matches up to a grip shift perfectly.

 

[Dan Gerous]

This year I switched to the Chunkys too, I went from Grip Shift to trigger so I wanted the width back and I wanted to try the thicker grips, might be worth the additional 10gr, especially for long rides and endurance races.

 

[sfer1]

I'm using ESI Chunkys too.

 

[G-Live]

esi chucky grips are awesome. Today's fashion tip ...don't get the white grips if you like to do trail work with your riding gloves. They get dirty quick and are hard to clean.

G

 

[yamapro]

I run the ritchey foam and like them

 

[Dan Gerous]

esi chucky grips are awesome. Today's fashion tip ...don't get the white grips if you like to do trail work with your riding gloves. They get dirty quick and are hard to clean.

G

And I just got white ones! :madman: Well, I usually will be on my AM bike and not my race bike if I do trail work... :thumbsup:

 

[craig SL]

Also running the Ritchey foam WCS grips,cut down for gripshifts - 22grams.Very happy with them.

 

[xc71]

Extralite foam grips - 19 grams incuding end caps.

 

[quax]

Ritchey WCS for years now! Tried many others, always went back.

 

[culturesponge]

http://www.poshbikes.com/product.php?id=256

local to you Pete is Poshbikes, they make grand claims that these 'Nitrile' (NPVC) MTB grips are the worlds lightest @ 15g for £9.50 not bad price compared to Extralite foamers which can slip, these might stay inplace okay

i'm also really liking ESI grips, 100x better than regular foam for anything but weenie weigh-ins. Chunky's are on all our trailbikes Racers Edge is great too on my err "racer" (mostly trainer)

avoid white ESI's as they don't stay white very long & leach dye from gloves (even carpets) and loose their goods looks very quickly

(pic 15g (?) Poshbikes NPVC MTB grips)

 

[Nozes]

After some 12 years using Ritchey WCS foam grips,I recently got a pair of Bontrager XXX Lite's...they feel great,and fit my smallish hands better.

 

[Zasshu]

'nother vote for ESI's. The silicone is nice and tacky.

 

[Cline]

I bought some Velo Handlz foam grips. 19.854 grams for the pair and 22.68 grams with the plastic end plugs.:thumbsup:

 

[Pete N]

Thanks for all the replies. I am going to go with the Poshbikes NPVC grips which look good. They claim to be good for absorbing vibration, comfortable and don't slip or degrade through sweat or water. I have also dealt with Poshbikes a few times and they are very good. For £9.50 they are well worth a try, and if I don't like them i'll go for the Chunkys. The black ones, when cut to my size will come in at about 19g, so a very cheap way to lose the best part of 50g.