Question:
Hairspray is the best. The older/cheaper stuff is especially good. If helps the grips slide on, but then makes them stick after a couple minutes. It is still relatively easy to remove the grips later too. Homac http://www.planet.eon.net/~homac/ – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I just installed a new low end Manitou fork and had to remove my handelbar >grips to replace the stem. Now the grips slide around the bars. What are >the best ways to get grips to stick to the bars? I have heard of >hairspray(?) and I would like to be able to remove them again in the future >so super glue is out of the question. >Thanks for any advice! >-patrick >i hurt myself today to see if i still feel >i focus on the pain, it’s the only thing that’s real – nin
Response:
Get a spray can of "Elmer’s Glue" Works like a charm! Easy on, easy off. (~about $2.50 a can) bksmith Austin, Texas – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I just installed a new low end Manitou fork and had to remove my >handelbar > grips to replace the stem. Now the grips slide around the bars. What >are > the best ways to get grips to stick to the bars? I have heard of > hairspray(?) and I would like to be able to remove them again in the >future > so super glue is out of the question. > Thanks for any advice! > -patrick
Response:
> I just installed a new low end Manitou fork and had to remove my handelbar > grips to replace the stem. Now the grips slide around the bars. What are > the best ways to get grips to stick to the bars? I have heard of > hairspray(?) and I would like to be able to remove them again in the future > so super glue is out of the question. > Thanks for any advice! > -patrick > i hurt myself today to see if i still feel > i focus on the pain, it’s the only thing that’s real – nin
Two Words : Aqua Net T.G. Mittler
Response:
> Thanks for the feedback everybody! I cleaned the bar with alcohol and > seriously let loose with the non-aerosol hairspray and viola! No dislocated > shoulders coming my way anytime soon… I do owe my sister a bottle of > hairspray though… > -patrick
In my experience, the hairspray solution is only temporary, especially if you tend to get your bike wet. For the best results, use some 3m glue. It is red and you can find it in most harware stores. It is used to bind insulation ot sheet metal and it works great. I put some of the stuff on my scratched up, dirty handlebars and my grips haven’t moved an inch.
Response:
Thanks for the feedback everybody! I cleaned the bar with alcohol and seriously let loose with the non-aerosol hairspray and viola! No dislocated shoulders coming my way anytime soon… I do owe my sister a bottle of hairspray though… -patrick – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I just installed a new low end Manitou fork and had to remove my handelbar >grips to replace the stem. Now the grips slide around the bars. What are >the best ways to get grips to stick to the bars? I have heard of >hairspray(?) and I would like to be able to remove them again in the future >so super glue is out of the question. >Thanks for any advice! >-patrick >i hurt myself today to see if i still feel >i focus on the pain, it’s the only thing that’s real – nin
Response:
At the shop we used Final Net hair spray. For both installation and release. To install, clean both surfaces then spray into the grip to thouroly coat it. For removal, slip a thin blade screw driver and spray in the gap then rotate the grip before pulling off. You can’t use too much hair spray when removing the grips. If you have access to a compressor and don’t use bar ends you can shoot the grips off with the hand control nozzle. Mike H – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I just installed a new low end Manitou fork and had to remove my handelbar >grips to replace the stem. Now the grips slide around the bars. What are >the best ways to get grips to stick to the bars? I have heard of >hairspray(?) and I would like to be able to remove them again in the future >so super glue is out of the question. >Thanks for any advice! >-patrick >i hurt myself today to see if i still feel >i focus on the pain, it’s the only thing that’s real – nin
Response:
As other poster’s have said, hairspray is the preferred method. If, for some reason, hairspray doesn’t work – the grip still rotates, a little bit of clear silicone works great, but the cure time is longer – hairspray takes about an hour (unless you use a BUNCH), silicone takes about a day or slightly more.
Response:
Use an air compressor and blow them on. They’ll never come off. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I just installed a new low end Manitou fork and had to remove my handelbar > grips to replace the stem. Now the grips slide around the bars. What are > the best ways to get grips to stick to the bars? I have heard of > hairspray(?) and I would like to be able to remove them again in the future > so super glue is out of the question. > Thanks for any advice! > -patrick > i hurt myself today to see if i still feel > i focus on the pain, it’s the only thing that’s real – nin
Response:
> I just installed a new low end Manitou fork and had to remove my handelbar > grips to replace the stem. Now the grips slide around the bars. What are > the best ways to get grips to stick to the bars? I have heard of > hairspray(?) and I would like to be able to remove them again in the future > so super glue is out of the question.
Clean them with rubbing alcohol, and the bar too. Wipe off all you can, then let the rest dry. Give the inside of the grips a good squirt with cheap hairspray, then slip them on. If they bind while you’re sliding them on, you didn’t use enough. Let them dry overnight (or more), because if you twist them any amount at all when they’re half- dry, you’ll have to start all over. Easy to remove with more alcohol and a thin-bladed screwdriver (or ice pick, if you’re a Sharon Stone fan). Worm the blade in under one end, drip in a little alcohol along it, work it around just enough to loosen things, then slip it off. Again, clean up things with alcohol to get any stray grease off. Other weird things I’ve heard people use: – just alcohol. Works great, until water worms under the grips – WD-40. No kidding, but I’m not sold on this one. – 1/2-hour epoxy. I couldn’t get some GT grips to stick on a Trek bar (oil and water thing I guess), got pissed off, tried it, and they haven’t slipped since. Don’t bother with the 5-min epoxy crap though, it turns to jelly when water hits it. You may have to buy new bars the next time around too. > i hurt myself today to see if i still feel > i focus on the pain, it’s the only thing that’s real – nin
Interval training? — -Rob Zingarelli (remove ‘boing’ from address to respond) http://www.goldinc.com/~zing Coastal Mississippi trail maps & stuff
Response:
I just installed a new low end Manitou fork and had to remove my handelbar grips to replace the stem. Now the grips slide around the bars. What are the best ways to get grips to stick to the bars? I have heard of hairspray(?) and I would like to be able to remove them again in the future so super glue is out of the question. Thanks for any advice! -patrick i hurt myself today to see if i still feel i focus on the pain, it’s the only thing that’s real – nin
Response:
>I just installed a new low end Manitou fork and had to remove my handelbar >grips to replace the stem. Now the grips slide around the bars. What are >the best ways to get grips to stick to the bars?
Rubbing Alcohol — To reply, remove "antispam" from my address.