Grant wrote a blagh about making custom grips a while back: https://www.rivbike.com/blogs/grant-petersens-blog/grips-the-hard-way-how-to
He used felt as a padding under the cloth tape. I set up my wife's bike this way and it was quite comfortable. We also have our tandem set up with a barcon and ESI grips. Just slipped the grip over the cable using a little alcohol. I have not used cloth tape over them but it seems like it would work about the same as the felt. Good luck! Christian Phoenix, AZ On Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 4:09:19 PM UTC-7 Doug H. wrote: > These suggestions are all really helpful and I appreciate it. I decided to > try splitting a set of Chunky ESI grips. I just got them installed and > wrapped Newbaums around each. The bottom of the grip has a flat area > because I couldn't squeeze the grips back together. These really are just > big enough for a handlebar and they kind of open up when split. I think I'm > going to like it but need to do a few rides to make sure. I'll report back. > Doug > > On Wed, May 8, 2024 at 6:02 PM John Rinker <jwri...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey Doug, >> >> I've got ESI grips on my Atlantis with bar-end shifters. I have my cable >> running underneath the grips but not through them. Kind of like how the >> cable housing runs along the bottom of the cork grips Riv sells. Then >> Neubaums wrapped around and shellacked. I find them very comfortable. >> >> Cheers, John >> >> On Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 2:14:58 PM UTC-7 tio ryan wrote: >> >>> I was able to squeeze extra chunky ESI grips over the bar end >>> shifter/cable on my albas, but I didn't love those grips (slippery and not >>> durable). >>> >>> I didn't notch the grip to provide a channel for the cable, and as >>> nitpicky as I can be, I really didn't find it to be an annoyance. >>> >>> >>> >>> my suggestion would be to use plenty of alcohol on the inside of the >>> grip when installing :) >>> >>> -tio in bk >>> On Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 5:00:48 PM UTC-4 Wesley wrote: >>> >>>> I love cheapo cork grips on albatross bars. The kind of grip with cork >>>> grains glued together into a cushy mass. For example: >>>> https://www.somafabshop.com/shop/242114-cardiff-grips-gryfed-cork-6386 >>>> >>>> I think Ergon cork grips would work great too, I've just never used >>>> them. >>>> -Wes >>>> On Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 1:37:14 PM UTC-7 Doug H. wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> I just recently installed Albatrass bars on my new to me Roadini. I >>>>> also installed bar end shifters. I'm thinking I'll wrap Newbaums tape for >>>>> grips but am considering some padding in the grip area. Has anyone used >>>>> padding or been able to slide an ESI type of grip over the shifters? I've >>>>> also considered splitting an ESI grip and wrapping that with Newbaums. >>>>> Any >>>>> examples or ideas would be most appreciated. >>>>> Doug >>>>> >>>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/g9A7pxZGN5w/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/89599097-0a7e-4d5d-a242-4678bf8019e4n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/89599097-0a7e-4d5d-a242-4678bf8019e4n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/89efb477-efc4-45b6-a671-e005c21c487en%40googlegroups.com.
