Hair spray works great on grips, never had one loosen ever even on mt bikes. Spray it on, the grip slides over the bar nicely, in a while it's good forever. Maybe try the "extra hold" if you have reservations.. (just kidding).
--- On Mon, 11/9/09, rswat...@me.com <rswat...@me.com> wrote: From: rswat...@me.com <rswat...@me.com> Subject: [RBW] Re: Gluing cork grips To: "rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com" <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> Date: Monday, November 9, 2009, 12:26 PM I recently installed some cork grips and just put a small piece of "silk" hospital tape on the bar first. It gave just the right amount of friction to hold them in place. Any thin tape that's got some texture to it ought to work. (cloth handlebar tape and rim tape were too thick) Ryan On Nov 9, 2009, at 7:56, Jock Scott <ebko...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Part of the higher expense of the "Portugese" cork grips sold by > Rivendell is due to the more precise bore. > > If you do feel the need to use adhesive, a very small amount should be > fine. A carpenter's glue such as Titebond II or III should provide > adequate adhesion and still allow clean removal when you wish. > > Gorilla Glue is excessive for this application; you don't need this > level of strength to avoid the tendency of a grip to twist on the > bar. It's an expanding polyurethane. Use just a bit too much, and > you'll see what this means. It's very difficult to remove hardened > PU- > based glue from surfaces; you can scrape/sand some of it away, but > good luck trying to get it all off. > > If you doubt the capability of carpenter's glues, then consider 5- > minute epoxy rather than GG. A small smear of epoxy will provide more > bond than is really necessary, but it will be easier to apply and > clean than GG. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
