Oh dear! I completely agree with other posters that the ONLY proper way to install or remove grips is with a rubber tipped blowgun attachment from a compressor. Every bike shop does it that way. I assist many other people with bicycle challenges with my blowgun gun tip. And a quick change to the Park Tool air inflator/guage. The only contact is the rubber tipped blowgun attachment placed at an angle at the inboard edge of the grip, and the compressed air from the blow gun tip. The grips FLY off with just a minor twist. The identical process is done for installation as well. It’s air or NOTHING ‼️
On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 4:45 PM 'thomasl...@comcast.net' via RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Hi, all. > > Well, failure is the outcome. I scratched my bar a teensy bit. Teensy > enough that I don't care, except that removing grips should not involve > scratching the bar at all. One grip came off after moderate effort in > delivering loads of alcohol and quite a bit of effort of twisting and > tugging. And the grip suffered damage that would prevent me from using it. > On the other grip I was much more careul in getting alcohol to it, thus > there was only the lightest of bar-scratching. That one required > more-than-moderate muscle to twist and tug that grip off, ruining the grip > to help. > > I suspect it might've gone better had I focused more on finding a better > way to lubricate the grip. I did what was readily do-able with the > resources at hand. Which, I'm confident, would've worked reasonably well to > remove an ESI Chunky with damage to neither grip nor bar . > > So my take-away is: Whenever I decide to deploy ergo/knuckled OGK grips, > I'll do so assuming they are not coming off intact. They will not be the > grips I put on, say, while awaiting delivery of the grips I *really* want. > > Yours, > Thomas Lynn Skean > who may travel a similar path with the other OGK grips Rivendell sells, > for curiosity if nothing else; they taper, so they're not *exactly* like > the Chunky > On Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 4:37:32 PM UTC-6 wboe...@gmail.com wrote: > >> WD40 is my go to. But all the other methods work as well. Standard >> procedure. >> >> >> On Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 12:02:40 PM UTC-5 thomasl...@comcast.net >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, all! >>> >>> Thanks for the stories and suggestions. >>> >>> I've decided to pursue a syringe idea. Believe me, if I can get any >>> alcohol under the grip at all, I will not skimp. I'm always surprised by >>> how cheap and available isopropyl alcohol is, even in small quantities. >>> Except for a few months in early 2020... >>> >>> It's a shame I don't have ready access to deliverable compressed-enough >>> air. Using it for this sounds like it would be fun. >>> >>> Anyway, I'll report on my success. If it's not too embarrassing, I may >>> even report on my failure. >>> >>> Interestingly, last night I located some leather bar tape in my >>> "accessories inventory" (i.e. stuff I bought speculatively over the decades >>> and have not thrown away). Once I remove these OGK grips, I may not replace >>> them with my unsullied pair. I may instead wrap some leather tape to form >>> grips for this particular bar. An opportunity to play with twine! >>> >>> Since I currently have four other bar configurations in the queue (a >>> second Tosco, a second regular Bosco, an Albatross, and an Albastache), I'm >>> sure there will be an "opportunity" to use any effective >>> evaporatively-installed grip removal ability I develop. >>> >>> Now that I think of it, I don't know of any grips that want to be >>> installed this way that are designed for 23.8mm bars. I've never looked for >>> them. Surely I'm not expected to muscle a regular ol' ESI Chunky onto the >>> Albastache? That seems like it would be pretty hard. Hmm.... >>> >>> Yours, >>> Thomas Lynn Skean >>> who is indeed contemplating provisioning and deploying a >>> compressed-enough-air approach, should the syringe-approach not suffice >>> >>> On Monday, November 18, 2024 at 7:45:08 PM UTC-6 krhe...@gmail.com >>> wrote: >>> >>>> With in the descriptive text of the OGK handlebar grips on RBW's >>>> website, it mentions the manner in how to mount them onto your handlebars: >>>> >>>> " Mounting: Lube bar with hairspray or alcohol-based hand cleaner like >>>> Purel. Put a bit inside the grip, too. Slide on fast before it seizes up. >>>> See the ESI video below" >>>> https://www.rivbike.com/products/ogk-grip?_pos=1&_sid=30394fa3a&_ss=r >>>> >>>> Kim Hetzel. >>>> >>>> On Monday, November 18, 2024 at 4:42:39 PM UTC-8 Brian Turner wrote: >>>> >>>>> Medical syringes work well too. I inject iso alcohol into the grips in >>>>> a couple of places to get the alcohol between the bars and grips. After a >>>>> couple of squirts, the grips just wiggle loose. >>>>> [image: image0.jpeg] >>>>> >>>>> Brian >>>>> Lex KY >>>>> >>>>> On Nov 18, 2024, at 7:37 PM, Johnny Alien <johnny....@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have an alcohol sprayer that allows you to use a nozzle pipe like >>>>> what WD-40 has with it (as mentioned above). That has always worked best >>>>> for me >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, November 18, 2024 at 5:38:57 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I’ve used a long and narrow flathead screwdriver to pry up grips >>>>>> enough to spritz something into the gap to free them up for removal; I’m >>>>>> careful and I don’t scratch the bar. I daresay a longish steel awl of >>>>>> sufficient thickness — I have in my mind’s wee eye the one in my tool >>>>>> caddy >>>>>> — ought to work as well or even better. >>>>>> >>>>>> I’ve dribbled rubbing alcohol into the grip from the bottle by >>>>>> tilting the bike to the side; even better, I’ve squirted WD40 into the >>>>>> gap >>>>>> with the little nozzle pipe — I’ve done this many to remove grips and, >>>>>> IME, >>>>>> the stuff doesn’t leave behind enough lubricant to keep the grip from >>>>>> seating when you install it again (but using alcohol to install it). >>>>>> >>>>>> At any rate, I’ve done all this many times and it all seems to work. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 1:58 PM 'thomasl...@comcast.net' via RBW >>>>>> Owners Bunch <rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> 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 rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To view this discussion visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d5c0f981-1e0d-48a0-8dcf-84512f75c5d7n%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d5c0f981-1e0d-48a0-8dcf-84512f75c5d7n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> Patrick Moore >>>>>> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> >>>>>> Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other >>>>>> writing services >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> >>>>>> *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* >>>>>> >>>>>> *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* >>>>>> >>>>>> *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> >>>>> To view this discussion visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/476c3bf2-dcf9-4d19-89b1-5b86f2ab4818n%40googlegroups.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/476c3bf2-dcf9-4d19-89b1-5b86f2ab4818n%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 visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fdab0fce-606d-47d7-8b17-3c632f748786n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fdab0fce-606d-47d7-8b17-3c632f748786n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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