sspomer
Posts: 552
Joined: 6/26/2009
Location: Ventura, CA USA
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Which do you prefer?
I'm a fan of Bontrager's Rhythm lock-ons for my DH bike. they're thin. Sensus grips for the hardtail. they wear in nicely and feel thin. i've never been a fan of fat grips for some reason.
You would think at 6'3" I would prefer fat grips for my xl gloved hands but I rock the ODI Ruffian or Troy Lee grips not the fatter ones.
whitetux
Posts: 9
Joined: 1/15/2010
Location: Edinburgh, GBR
cant say that i am too bothered by the grips i run as long as they dont tear my hands apart
death squad
Posts: 10
Joined: 8/23/2009
Location: Tiverton, USA
sensus Salmon Hook grips on the freeride bike, lock type, thin for a lock-on whats cool, great feel.
The Swayze Grips on my jump bike and xc rigs, great feel, thin, long and just feel better than any other grip on the market.
PIRATE
Posts: 19
Joined: 4/2/2010
Location: Westerville, OH USA
Really liking the ODI Troy Lee for DH ,ODI Rogue for DJ and have been using the Ergon GC2 for XC
akachlakev
Posts: 10
Joined: 2/22/2010
Location: San Luis Obispo, CA USA
sysavage
Posts: 1
Joined: 12/21/2010
Location: GBR
It's all about the Sensus swayze. No going back now!
trailmarc
Posts: 3
Joined: 8/28/2009
Location: Capitola, CA USA
Large grips! I have big hands and need a larger grip so i'm not death-gripping. The larger diameter allows me to have a nice relaxed hold of the bars.
tarka
Posts: 50
Joined: 10/7/2009
Location: Boulder, CO USA
Thin. Ruffian MX waffle on my trail bike (best grip ever) and smac lo-flange grips on the DJ. I like the width of the smacs a lot.
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k.shiz
Posts: 264
Joined: 7/24/2009
Location: Boulder, CO USA
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Gloveless- ODI x-trainers.
Animal Edwin's on the kids bike.
Still stuck on ruffians for the dh bike, more out of stubborn habit than anything else. So I guess thin grips all around.
With my small bonzai trimming hands, I can't believe I used to ride with Oury grips back when I was 15. What was I thinking?
veeae
Posts: 8
Joined: 11/11/2009
Location: Montreal, CAN
I like the feel of odi rogue without gloves on my dh bike but I prefer thin grips like the longneck on my street bike
dhmtb4life
Posts: 8
Joined: 1/24/2010
Location: Highlands Ranch, CO USA
SKINNY- all the way, fat grips are akward
MTB R&D
Posts: 140
Joined: 8/7/2009
Location: In a Team Pit Near You..., CO USA
Thinish...Lizard Skins Peaty grips.
I like my Sensus grips, plus Howie's handwriting on the packing makes me feel good inside. Like I'm part of the Big Brother Big Sister program.
Bearded Clam
Posts: 16
Joined: 9/11/2009
Location: Valencia, CA USA
could depend on the track... 99% thin, but if your struggling with arm pump then fatter might help a tiny bit.
mgolland45
Posts: 57
Joined: 9/13/2009
Location: Winchester, MA USA
Biggums, cuz my hands are too large to fit any bike gloves out there
enviromarco
Posts: 2
Joined: 12/6/2010
Location: Encinitas, CA USA
veach
Posts: 5
Joined: 7/28/2009
Location: Santa Cruz, CA USA
I like a thick girthy knobbly warty one! What are you guys talking about anyway?
joshitrealgood
Posts: 24
Joined: 3/9/2010
Location: Santa Cruz, CA USA
Troy Lee Designs ODI grips (thin).
Mbeard
Posts: 13
Joined: 1/2/2010
Location: N/A, USA
I am 6'4'' and I have huge hands. Fat grips are the only way to go for me. ODI Rouge grips.
CrazyBacon
Posts: 28
Joined: 1/12/2010
Location: Lerum, SWE
For my Suburban i got slim BMX grips by Subrosa, feels like you need the support of upperbody flexibility and can only achive that by tensioning my hands insted of my arms (maybe just jibber jabbish but that is how i feel)
For my Gary Fisher MTB i got Lizard Skins Logo Lock-Ons and it just feels like i get more stability by useing thicker, cant motivate why but sure feels so.
hopscotch
Posts: 3
Joined: 10/25/2010
Location: Montclair, NJ USA
Skinny ftw - ODI Ruffians. I used to run Rogues but would get awful arm pump. I feel like a move to thinner grips helped a lot, which seems to make sense if you think about it: wouldn't you get better finger / grip leverage with less effort if your hand is closed more?
E.Wong
Posts: 7
Joined: 9/18/2009
Location: Delta, CAN
ODi Intense grips nice and thin and the rubber is nice and sticky one of the best grip for people who ride gloveless. I have thin grips because I am short and have small hands and thick grips fell awkward.
VWilliams
Posts: 36
Joined: 8/1/2009
Location: Salt Lake City, UT USA
I'm with Turman. The Longneck is my favorite.
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essfour
Posts: 4
Joined: 10/13/2009
Location: Pemberton, CAN
Thin grips all the way. I'm 6ft tall but still prefer thin grips, I like that i can "float" the bar in my hands. Was using Ruffian's forever but just tried out a pair of pro xcr's, awesome! Also great without gloves.
I use fat grips on my downhill bike cuz my fingers get shaken out of the skin and I use wtb thin grips on my 4x bike because I like the feedback I get from the front tire. But then again I tend to slide out the front alot on the Downhill bike. Maybe I should go back to thin! But For endurance downhilling i choose fatter grips.
the fater the better, my hands cramp with thin grips cause i have nerve damage in my nukles (chain ring to the hand lol)
