Grip tape for brake levers?

starbuck

Not sure if this exists but is there any tape/grip strip you can put on the brake levers themselves to give you more grip on the levers in rain?

I rode the ridelondon surrey 100 last weekend and it was wet for the majority of the ride which made the levers a little slippery.

Can you get small adhesive strips to put on the levers to increase grip in this sort of weather? If so, where can I get them from?

trailflow

I dont think that would be a good idea. Even if they worked at first you are asking for trouble. You wouldn't want them to unstick when braking on a descent or a sudden stop. Long finger gloves with grips on the fingers are a much safer option.

ugo.santalucia

I think you are trying to find a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. I have never heard of finger slipping down the brake lever

trailflow

Carbon levers with gloss can become very slippy in the rain if your wearing fingerless mitts. i experienced it recently too so the problem does exist but there are better solutions for it.

Dippydog2

Clearly you do not have a problem. Everyone tells you that you do not have a problem, so you must be imagining it.

Should you wish to fix your imaginary problem you can do so with thin strips of this

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tesa-Transparen ... B0024NKD8U or this
http://www.screwfix.com/p/anti-slip-tap ... oCTPrw_wcB

ugo.santalucia

Here's the solution then

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/39089542 ... 0&ff14=108

DeVlaeminck

I can only imagine this is a problem if you have very small hands and can only just get the tips of your fingers on the levers - in which case short reach levers would be a much better solution.

DKay

DeVlaeminck wrote:

I can only imagine this is a problem if you have very small hands and can only just get the tips of your fingers on the levers - in which case short reach levers would be a much better solution.

My thoughts exactly, although you can't buy specific short reach levers AFAIK. You can adjust the reach by various means though, depending on what brifters you're using.

maddog 2

lizard skins do them. I've run them on the mtb in the past

cougie

You cant be gripping the levers properly if you're slipping off them ? The fingers wrap round the lever so it should be fine.

mcnultycop

Some of my MTB gloves have grippy patches on the first 2 fingers.

I don't think they make much difference though.

mfin

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gorilla-Snot-Guitar-Pick-Drumstick/dp/B0002GL5S8

Try a tiny bit of that on the lever?? (if you think it's a problem). Designed to help guitarists not drop picks in sweaty conditions. Small pot but will last ages.

EDIT... actually stuff that, it says it disappears once air hits it (not that I noticed it do that when I tried it... not for cycling, for picks)

Pooter

Some cross riders like Compton use superglue and sand on levers.

starbuck

trailflow wrote:

I dont think that would be a good idea. Even if they worked at first you are asking for trouble. You wouldn't want them to unstick when braking on a descent or a sudden stop. Long finger gloves with grips on the fingers are a much safer option.

That sounds like the best idea (and to be honest, the weather was a bit extreme on the ridelondon).

Can anyone then recommend some good long finger summer gloves?

I sometimes get tingling fingers etc on long rides, so I recently bought some Specialized BG Gel fingerless which have really worked, so ideally the long finger gloves would have gel pads to help with long rides (doesn't help that the roads near me are full of holes and bumps).

cal_stewart

why nut use the sandpaper type stuff Team Sky use on the aerobars of the TT bikes