Fat grips or thin grips?

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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.
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adamshore 12/21/2010 9:53am
12/21/2010 9:53am
sspomer wrote:
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...
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.
thin. I don't have small hands. I do find that the fat grips (ODI Rogue etc) tire me quicker. I barely hold on, so locking it in by my thumb helps with the small, thin grips (ODI Ruffian is my grip of choice).
BetterRide.net 12/21/2010 9:53am
12/21/2010 9:53am
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.
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whitetux 12/21/2010 9:56am
12/21/2010 9:56am
cant say that i am too bothered by the grips i run as long as they dont tear my hands apart
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death squad 12/21/2010 10:08am
12/21/2010 10:08am
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.
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PIRATE 12/21/2010 10:23am
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Really liking the ODI Troy Lee for DH ,ODI Rogue for DJ and have been using the Ergon GC2 for XC
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akachlakev 12/21/2010 10:27am
12/21/2010 10:27am
Sensus or die!
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sysavage 12/21/2010 10:31am
12/21/2010 10:31am
It's all about the Sensus swayze. No going back now!
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trailmarc 12/21/2010 11:22am
12/21/2010 11:22am
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.
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tarka 12/21/2010 11:31am
12/21/2010 11:31am
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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bturman 12/21/2010 11:33am
12/21/2010 11:33am
Absolutely love these grips. By far my favorites. Nice and thin, pretty cushy.

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k.shiz 12/21/2010 11:36am
12/21/2010 11:36am
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?
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veeae 12/21/2010 11:52am
12/21/2010 11:52am
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
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dhmtb4life 12/21/2010 11:59am
12/21/2010 11:59am
SKINNY- all the way, fat grips are akward
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MTB R&D 12/21/2010 12:06pm
12/21/2010 12:06pm
Thinish...Lizard Skins Peaty grips.
sofa king slow 12/21/2010 12:19pm
12/21/2010 12:19pm
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.
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Bearded Clam 12/21/2010 12:21pm
12/21/2010 12:21pm
could depend on the track... 99% thin, but if your struggling with arm pump then fatter might help a tiny bit.
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mgolland45 12/21/2010 12:25pm
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Biggums, cuz my hands are too large to fit any bike gloves out there
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enviromarco 12/21/2010 12:28pm
12/21/2010 12:28pm
Specialized, thick.
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veach 12/21/2010 12:33pm
12/21/2010 12:33pm
I like a thick girthy knobbly warty one! What are you guys talking about anyway?
joshitrealgood 12/21/2010 12:38pm
12/21/2010 12:38pm
Troy Lee Designs ODI grips (thin).

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Mbeard 12/21/2010 12:49pm
12/21/2010 12:49pm
I am 6'4'' and I have huge hands. Fat grips are the only way to go for me. ODI Rouge grips.
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CrazyBacon 12/21/2010 1:09pm
12/21/2010 1:09pm
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.
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hopscotch 12/21/2010 1:42pm
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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?
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E.Wong 12/21/2010 3:30pm
12/21/2010 3:30pm
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.
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VWilliams 12/21/2010 3:32pm
12/21/2010 3:32pm
I'm with Turman. The Longneck is my favorite.
NoahColorado 12/21/2010 4:10pm
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ESI Silicone fo-sho, super thin!
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essfour 12/21/2010 5:38pm
12/21/2010 5:38pm
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.
FlyingIrish 12/21/2010 6:12pm
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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.
kickasssloth 12/21/2010 6:55pm
12/21/2010 6:55pm
the fater the better, my hands cramp with thin grips cause i have nerve damage in my nukles (chain ring to the hand lol)
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ballr 12/21/2010 7:04pm
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flying irish,
really like the look of that steed in your pic. Got any bigger ones?

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