Perhaps it is a hand size thing... I have large hands and find larger diameter bars more comfortable. My Atlantis has two+ wraps of un-shellaced cotton which I find more comfortable than the single wrap on other bikes. I also prefer wider brake lever hoods.
Oury's are my favorite MTB grip; it appears they make a glow in the dark verson now. :-) Angus On Mar 18, 12:49 am, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > on 3/17/09 7:59 PM, Mike Irwin at rivendellbrownbom...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Cool. The cloth over cork sounds interesting. Right now, I've got > > enough cork wrap for two layers, which I think I'll try, but if this > > isn't what I'm looking for, I may go after cloth over cork shellacked. > > You might take a bit of a test ride with a double-thick cork wrap before you > shellack it down. I've found that thicker grips actually are really tiring > to my hands. > > For example, I tried Ourey mtb grips for a couple rides, but got hellacious > hand cramps with them and went back to thinner grips. > > - Jim > > -- > Jim Edgar > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > Three T-shirts Now Available: > "I've Got Downtube Shifters..." S/S T-shirt > Cyclocross - "More Cowbell" L/S T-shirt > "One Cog - Zero Excuses" L/S T-shirthttp://www.cyclofiend.com/stuff > > And a 2009 Calendar -http://www.cyclofiend.com/calendar > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > Singlespeed - Working Bikes --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
