Are they compatible to mounting with hairspray as many mechanics did with mountain bike grips in the past? The spray acts as a lube to allow sliding them on, then dries and acts as an adhesive. It was common to remove them by putting compressed air in through the hole at the end (and putting a finger over the other grip's hole), then floating them off the bar. Rubbing alcohol could also be used to break the bond but I don't know if that would hurt the rings of cork which I think are glued together.
David Lipsky Berkeley On Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 7:15:14 PM UTC-7, Benz, Sunnyvale, CA wrote: > > On Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 3:05:18 PM UTC-7, Julian Westerhout > wrote: >> >> >> I'm going to hoard some, and hereby resolve to not do in the future what >> I've done on my Clem and our HHH (mount them with too much glue to allow >> them to ever be removed without destruction). In the future I pledge to >> always mount them in a way that they're removable without destruction. >> > > Do they really need to be glued on? I have a pair of non-Misha cork grips > that I've installed by cranking them over the handlebars that were > pre-treated with scrap pieces of Tressostar bar tape. On one side, the bar > tape adhesive holds tight onto the bare aluminum handlebar; one the other > side, the bar tape texture holds firmly onto the cork grips well. The grips > barely twist with my "death grip" (admittedly not world-class) and never > move during normal riding. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/adce0ce6-6cf9-46ef-b723-bfba89905f0f%40googlegroups.com.
