Re: [CR]Rubber Grips

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing)

Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 19:33:30 -0400
From: "Joe Bender-Zanoni" <joebz@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Rubber Grips
In-reply-to: <000801c5c21a$214f23a0$02c079a5@carmella>
To: "Marc St. Martin" <marc.stmartin@earthlink.net>
References: <000801c5c21a$214f23a0$02c079a5@carmella>
cc: Classic Rendezvous <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Still made and available. Try http://www.businesscycles.com/trpart.htm#tape excerpted below. I have the Soyo grips on my Pop Brennan and they look and feel great.

* Keirin-style Rubber Grips

o Soyo Grips (175 mm.) - Rubber bar grips with file pattern gripping surface. + Black, red or white. - $19.50/pair.

o Strong G Grips (175 mm.) - Rubber bar grips with textured gripping surface. + Yellow, blue, red, white, black. - $21.50/pair.

o Strong G Grips "With Cord" (175 mm.) - Rubber bar grips with fibers impregnated in textured gripping surface . + Yellow, blue, red, white, black. - $32.50/pair.

o Yoshida javascript:Start('http://www.businesscycles.com/tgrip-champ.htm') "Champ" Grips (165 mm.) - Rubber bar grips with textured gripping surface. + Solids: red, orange, bright yellow, refrigerator white, pepto-bismol pink, magenta, black, navy, medium blue, powder blue, park bench green ninja green, purple. - $19.50/pair. + Translucents: translucent melon red, clear translucent, translucent ice blue, yellow snow, transclucent pink. - $19.50/pair.

* Handlebar Grip Adhesive - Maruni "Earth" rubber cement. I'm told this is the goo commonly used by pro Keirin racers to fix their handlebar grips in place. - $5.95/can (85 milliliters).

Joe Bender-Zanoni Great Notch, NJ

Marc St. Martin wrote:
>Hello Listmembers,
>
>I'm looking for a pair of rubber handlebar grips such as those one might
>find on '30's - '50's British clubmen. Names such as Constrictor,
>Dunlop, John Bull come to mind. These need not be perfect as they will
>be used on a rider. Thank you.
>
>Marc St. Martin
>Livermore, CA