Hi, all. First, I really like the OGK grips as an idea. And I probably will like them in practice. This is not about avoiding them in anway.
I put a pair of the "ergo" (i.e. finger-grooved) OGK grips (Genuine Japanese Grips (pair) – Rivendell Bicycle Works <https://www.rivbike.com/products/ogk-grip?_pos=1&_sid=30394fa3a&_ss=r>) on a Boscomoose bar. In the process, I rendered the grips... shall we say.. unappealing. I used a red bandana to try to muscle the grip into place, not having used enough acohol initially. The bandana of course, perhaps under the influence of alcohol, transferred a vague pinkishness from its red to the grip itself. This grip no longer has the clean look for which I was hoping. Lesson learned: (1) use more alcohol (2) to the extent one remains needed, use a *white* towel. Question: Now of course I'd like to remove the pink-ish things. I'd rather not destroy them, as a matter of principle more than for my potential future use. I was able to remove a similarly evaporatively-installed ESI Chunky grip with quite a bit of tedium and time and energy. With the Chunky, I was able to feed some alcohol under the grip by using a strong plastic chopstick to pry it up a bit. Even then, I had to do it several times from both ends before I started to make headway with actually removing the grip. Frankly, these OGK grips are less pliable and more tight-fitting than the ESI Chunky. That chopstick is not up to the task of prying it up. And the OGK grip is closed on one end. Is there a trick? Is there a non-destructive way of removing grips installed this way that isn't tedious and time and/or energy-consuming? I'm picturing an unbreakable non-scratching needled syringe designed to inject alcohol into tight spots. If it turns out I have to make or buy something like that, then I'm probably just going to start carefully slicing bits off until it falls away. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean who, yes, has a second pair of the OGK grips for just such an occasion -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d5c0f981-1e0d-48a0-8dcf-84512f75c5d7n%40googlegroups.com.
