Recommend me some good foam grips, pleeeaase!

buzz1

Can anyone recommend some good foam grips, preferably lock-ons, as my current superstars are making my hands go numb!
Oh, by the way they must be compatible with carbon bars

cooldad

Crank Bros make lock on foam grips.

buzz1

Yeah, looked those and found very mixed reviews.
Has anyone tried these?

Beardface

I know a lot of people that like the ESI grips:

http://www.esigrips.com/

Not bad for price either.

supersonic

Posh Bikes Nitrile are good for a tenner.

cat_with_no_tail

supersonic wrote:

Posh Bikes Nitrile are good for a tenner.

This, I've got them on the Karma. They actually feel really good and last ages, even riding in the wet.

Posbikes are a terrible company to try and buy from (when compared to other online bike shops) but as I understand it, they're in the process of coming up with a proper site.
I should add the service is excellent, it's just the site that's rubbish.

blister pus

Depends how fat you like your foam grips. PB Nitrile and ESI grips are the chunkiest / comfiest and ones I still use having gone through umpteen variants, still a bit weedy if you like firm, fat, vibration damping, padded grips tho.

Best thing I ever did was get some of that white 5mm polyethylene foam protective packaging stuff and stuck a layer round the bars (double sided sticky tape to hold in place) and a quick spiral wrap of electrical tape over the top so you can get ESI grips over the top and in place (isopropyl alcohol and they slip over nicely). They don't move once they've dried and are the most absorbent and comfortable grip combination I've ever used. Well worth the effort.

One of them where I was left scratching my head wondering WTF I hadn't done it years ago.

The Rookie

Avenir AGG407's identical to Titec porkrinds or KCNC (except for colour/logo) but mine only set me back £7.50.....not lockon though.

Simon

d00m

Ritchey truegrip on ebay for under 7 quid. Cant go wrong!

JezKetley

Regarding the Crank Bros lock-on foam grips - I bought a pair. They are reasonably comfy, but no more so really than my Lizard Skin Chargers. But what let down the Crank Bros ones was the lock on mechanism - it is the worst I have come across. The screw threads are fragile and I couldn't tighten them up enough to stop the grips twisting.

cooldad

Sounds par for the course for Crank Bros stuff.

Rushmore

Well, I've just received some superstar Excel Grips..

Big n chunky... makes you feel like your riding a real mans bike

Super comfy too, even though they are rubber and not foam..

Anonymous

May be other reasons why your hands are going numb anyway and foam may not help. You could solve the problem with different gloves instead, or changing the riding position, lever positions, and how you brake & hold the grips.

Crank Bros - no comment (grumble, grumble).