what to use when putting on grips

Anonymous

Right, here goes, I've always used someone's hairspray to stick my grips on. Makes it easy to slip the grip on, and they stays put once it's "gone off".
However, I have noticed that my mother's brand of hairspray always worked better, and set faster than the hairspray stolen from girlfriends, friends, sister, or goths!

So, what's the best thing to use when putting grips on?
If you use hairpsray, what brand?

Maybe they should do a special group test in MBUK!

nicklouse

compressed air. if not available use hairspray.

Anonymous

Ah, but what particular kind of hairspray, nick?
I think the brand my mother used was Silvikrin, or something like that, and it worked really well.
Other brands I've begged borrowed or stolen haven't been quite as good!

Maybe they should make a special muc-off hairspray, or raceface or something!

liam333

Any deodorant is what I use.

Guy Brooke

this might sounds daft, but I always used GT85 before I had lock-ons. No lie, they'd slip on with absolute ease and because the oil would eat away at the rubber slightly they'd dry off really rediculously tacky, and would never slip.

In fact last time I did that I have to cut the grips off and spent a while scraping sticky rubber off the bars.

Anonymous

Wow, I'd never have thought of GT85.
would WD40 work as well you reckon, or is there something unique to GT85?

Guy Brooke

can't see why WD won't work as well. neither are any good for rubber seals for this erason.

scale20

Have you tried lock on grips?

I bought my first pair last summer and to be honest I will never go back, Soooooooooo much easier

Sikora

We use rubber emulsion in work to slide the rubber protective sleeve onto cycle carriers.

Works as a lubricant when applied and dries as a glue.

Anonymous

scale20 wrote:

Have you tried lock on grips?

I bought my first pair last summer and to be honest I will never go back, Soooooooooo much easier

Actually, i went to my LBS today to look for some lock-ons, but they were only available in black, so I bought some red Good 'n' Evils instead!

Guy Brooke

scale20 wrote:

Have you tried lock on grips?

I bought my first pair last summer and to be honest I will never go back, Soooooooooo much easier

yeah, to be honest there's no substitute for lock ons. gone are the days of massive clamps, forcing the grips to be either very small or otherwise severely restricting space on teh bars. Lock ons are the way forward.

and what's wrong with black?

Anonymous

there's nothing wrong with black, but I (used to) have a whole red/black thing going on my bike.
now I think the grips are the only remnant of the red! I reckon it does look better with red grips though.

supersonic

Nowt wrong with normal grips if you fix em on properly! Makes sure the bar is clean and free of dirt and oil. Spray glue works well. And you can cut normal grips down.

Paul Sh

I used puncture repair glue, worked fine, i'm a bit stuffed if i get a punture now though lol

dave_hill

yeehaamcgee wrote:

Wow, I'd never have thought of GT85.
would WD40 work as well you reckon

Yes it does! But I've moved to lock-ons now so no real issues any more.

Captain Turok

Loreal Elnet Satin - extra strength hair spray.
Got a small 75ml can from Boots that lives in my tool box, works a treat with foam grips. The weight weenie in me couldn't justify Lock On's.

Will the GT85 'eat into' my carbon bars?

Captain Turok

Loreal Elnet Satin - extra strength hair spray.
Got a small 75ml can from Boots that lives in my tool box, works a treat with foam grips. The weight weenie in me couldn't justify Lock On's.

Will the GT85 'eat into' my carbon bars?

Anonymous

I wouldn't use WD40 for anything on my rig, ever. It's a solvent, not a lube. Check snopes.com for the facts. Spray some hairspray in them then slip them on quickly.

Blundell

I have to admit I use water to act as the lubricant o get grips on, just a wipe on the clean handlebar and it goes on a treat, spray a little in when you're taking them off and hey presto. Just make sure you don't use too much or you have to wait a while for your grips to tack on as it takes time for the water to evaporate away.