Slipping handlebar handgrips

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Originally posted by Wm.\ Warning
Hi Group:

I'm really getting into this biking thing. My legs are getting tanned and very strong. The
rubber-like handlebar handgrips keep wanting to slide off. My local bike store recommended that I
"glue" them to the handlebar ends using Aqua Net Extra Super Hold hair spray. Can anybody share some
ideas regarding this problem?

Thanks

Yes people do use hair spray under grips. I think spay a fair bit on and slip over while still wet. I would hate to have to get it off again though, but people do it all the time so must be ok.

I have had good experiences by not using any type of adhesive. I believe the trick is to wrap the
HBs correctly the first time.

I am sure Sheldon Brown has covered this in detail.

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NS

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Quoted message said:

Hi Group:

I'm really getting into this biking thing. My legs are getting tanned and very strong. The
rubber-like handlebar handgrips keep wanting to slide

off.

Quoted message said:

My local bike store recommended that I "glue" them to the handlebar ends using Aqua Net Extra
Super Hold hair spray. Can anybody share some ideas regarding this problem?

Buy some new grips. Clean your handlebars thoroughly. Shoot the new grips on with compressed air.
They will stick and stay put a good long while if both surfaces are clean and dry.

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On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 23:51:00 GMT, "Wm.\(Bill\) Warning"

may have said:

Hi Group:

I'm really getting into this biking thing. My legs are getting tanned and very strong. The
rubber-like handlebar handgrips keep wanting to slide off. My local bike store recommended that I
"glue" them to the handlebar ends using Aqua Net Extra Super Hold hair spray. Can anybody share
some ideas regarding this problem?

Hair spray is a weak glue that's easy to remove. Before you do that, you might try just peeling the
grips off, washing them really well inside and out with a strong cleaner, and then putting them back
on. Sometimes, stuff just gets under them and makes them slide, and cleaning the surfaces will make
them stay put. If it doesn't work, the hair spray trick is just one of several...and cleaning the
grips won't keep you from using any of the other tricks. (The stronger the glue, the more you'll
cuss if you ever want to swap handlebars, by the way.)

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NS' may have said:

I have had good experiences by not using any type of adhesive. I believe the trick is to wrap the
HBs correctly the first time.

I could be wrong, but I think the poster was talking about mtb-style grips, not road bar wraps.

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Quoted message said:

Hi Group:

I'm really getting into this biking thing. My legs are getting tanned and very strong. The
rubber-like handlebar handgrips keep wanting to slide off. My local bike store recommended that I
"glue" them to the handlebar ends using Aqua Net Extra Super Hold hair spray. Can anybody share
some ideas regarding this problem?

at the shop i work at we spray a bit of aero tac spray adhesive into the grips, and slide them on.
we only do this when customers complain about slipping grips. i cant speak to the ease with which
they are removed later. i think any adhesive would work fine, from those photo mount sprays, to the
3m 77. just dont let the glue set up before you slide the grip on.

the adhesive allows them to slide on like they were greased, and ten minutes of time sets them up.

again, ive never had to take them off, but i cant imagine that a blade and a solvent wipe woudlnt
take care of things down the line when you decide you want a new color.

cheers, anthony

I just put some liquid dish detergent in the grips, slide them on and wait overnight for the
detergent to dry. Keeps'em on and they're easy to take off. Phil Brown

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I just put some liquid dish detergent in the grips, slide them on and wait overnight for the
detergent to dry. Keeps'em on and they're easy to take

off.

Have fun next time it rains!

Moto-throttle Bill

use hairspray to put them on. If necessary, a little heat from a hot-air gun will help remove them.

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Quoted message said:

I have had good experiences by not using any type of adhesive. I believe the trick is to wrap the
HBs correctly the first time.

I am sure Sheldon Brown has covered this in detail.

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NS

I've done the same thing, with really diluted dish soap to get my grips on (since I dont' have
compressed air in my house). Works great, and rain doesn't do anything to them. I don't know if that
will solve the moving-grip situation though, since these grips have all been so tight to begin with.

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Quoted message said:

Have fun next time it rains!

They don't move. Phil Brown

In article said:

I've done the same thing, with really diluted dish soap to get my grips on (since I dont' have
compressed air in my house). Works great, and rain doesn't do anything to them. I don't know if
that will solve the moving-grip situation though, since these grips have all been so tight to
begin with.

I used a can of glass cleaner - the type double glazing engineers use. It's slippery enough to help
the grips on but evaporates completely. It cleans all grease off the bars beforehand as well.

Keith

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Uncle Keith