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fastening hand grips
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 9:06 am
by tigerclaw
Hi. What do you guys use to fasten your grips. I don't want to use wire and a can't get hold of grip cement this weekend. epoxy glue or maybe silicone?
Re: fastening hand grips
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 9:10 am
by Drunkn Munky
Hair spray, you can get grip glue but i still find hair spray easier and has never failed on me
Re: fastening hand grips
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 9:39 am
by krisztian_andre
Degrease handlebars and grips and then pour rubbing alcohol on the bars and inside of grips and install them before it evaporates. It will be firmly fixed in a few hours time when all the alcohol evaporated.
Re: fastening hand grips
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 2:12 am
by lukemillar
I'm with the Munky on this one. Hairspary is the way forth. Tried grip glue once and it was a nightmare so went back to (the wife's

) hairspray!
Re: fastening hand grips
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:52 pm
by Jarlly
I use a bit (!) of superglue.
I went mental once and had a horrible time trying to get the grips off later. So, don't go crazy with it. Never tried hairspray but have heard very good things about it too
Re: fastening hand grips
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:31 pm
by tigerclaw
Thanks guys, hair spray I think it's going to be.... bike is almost done now

Re: fastening hand grips
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:56 pm
by NGneer
In my formative Trials riding days, we would use any old spray paint laying around. A quick squirt into the new grip and slid it on and half an hour later you could be hanging off them without them EVER moving.
Never tried hairspray, but I guess it is the same in principle.
Re: fastening hand grips
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:18 pm
by BB_158
and use L'Oreal... cos your wurf it !!!

Re: fastening hand grips
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:24 pm
by tigerclaw

because I had clear spray paint I decided to take that route but it started sticking before the grip was on, I started panicking that the grip was going to get stuck before it was in position and it would get damaged. So I removed it and decided the surgical spirit route but it was in my kids room and he was sleeping.... sooooooo..... tequila

worked a treat, grips are nice and solid... Not sure the wife believed I was working on the bike though
Re: fastening hand grips
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 11:40 pm
by krisztian_andre
tigerclaw wrote:
because I had clear spray paint I decided to take that route but it started sticking before the grip was on, I started panicking that the grip was going to get stuck before it was in position and it would get damaged. So I removed it and decided the surgical spirit route but it was in my kids room and he was sleeping.... sooooooo..... tequila

worked a treat, grips are nice and solid... Not sure the wife believed I was working on the bike though
Alcohol is the answer.