I have rheumatoid arthritis and tried those Ergon grips with the wing. Helped a little bit. ESI super chunky is where a huge difference was made. Super comfortable and seems to dampen the shock from riding.
I dealt with a lot of hand pain/numbness. Unfortunately the ergon with the wing didn't help it. But fortunately, the ESI foam grips helped a ton! I use the extra chunky because of my giant gorilla hands.
I think the relative softness of ESI extra chunky encourages to grip them too tight. Ergon type grips or grips with 4 ridges for fingers feel more like they melt in your hands.
Been running the PNW Loam's on both my bikes recently, love them. My favorites I have used to date. Solid tacky grip and comfortable with thicker channels where some added firmness is needed and thinner channels where some more compliance is nice.
Top 10 *Lock-On* grips. Once you try a glue/wire push on grip, it's hard to go back. The lack of an internal pipe or frame means more rubber for a given thickness, so they are really comfortable, especially if you have a hand injury/condition.
I've smaller hands and I was long looking for grips with a smaller diameter but still enough damping. Since I found the ESI Racers Edge I'm really happy with them. But on trips I always have some spare grips with me as they tend to tear when crashing. So not perfect for downhill or enduro but for me still the best option.
I own a MTB for the city relaxation rides and I ride my bike without gloves. Also I do have a problem with the wrists ( programmer/game tester) and I have the Ergo GA3 grips. Without them I couldn't ride a bike. The GA3's really helped me.
The ergon ge1 are my number one go to. The more you use them the more they make sense and normal grips feel weird and uncomfortable to me now. They removed all of the pain I used to have in and on the outer edge of my palm. The build is on another level with a reasonable price (they're not cheap compared to some other grips but a good grip makes a night and day difference to ride quality and how much motivation you have out on the trails).
I got those DMR grips a few days before I saw this video. They are amazing. Really comfortable and gripy. I have another set of DMR grips as well which are really nice as well. Definitely go DMR or ODI grips people!
Just bought the wolf tooth fat paw cam grips from you guys and I'm super excited about it. I'm going to get my husband the Ergon GE1 Factory grips and we'll see how they compare! I have large hands for a girl but I didn't want to go full fat paw so when I saw they came out with this cam design, that got me interested. I have a feeling we will lean more to ergon but we'll see!!
@@me-xq8nb honestly I gotta say they are the best grips I've ever ridden, I find there the perfect combination of tacky rubber and squishy rubber that is somehow still firm. Plus they're way cheaper than most other lock-ons so I gotta say they're my personal favourite
@@WorldwideCyclery you can't please everyone especially the thin-skinned ones, but you know, sometimes it's so corny (not cringey) I laughed so hard. I'm glad you deliberately show the intro outtakes. 🤣
The DMR Deathgrips are amazeballs! I’ve got the flanged versions on both my bikes. Great grip, great looks and let’s you use the end of the bars as well.
I wish shops selling grips, added a filter for the outer diameter of the grip. It also seems the companies themselves usually don’t mention this. For me personally, I like fatty grips, but it’s hard to just order them online because of the earlier reason I mentioned.
I have dmr deathgrips on my enduro and deity knuckledusters on my trail bike. Without gloves I like the deity grips better, but with gloves deathgrips feel better than any other grip I've tried
I've tried most of these grips, Ergon, ODI, PNW, and Deity, and the new Deity Lockjaw are my favorites. I'm running those on my trail/all mountain bike and running Knuckledusters on my hardtail.
My current favourite grips are NS Hold Fast grips. Amazing design based on sailor tattoos and has a great wide feel and really comfortable and grippy whether I am wearing gloves or not.
I finally found a couple things that I needed to order and am officially a proud customer of WWC! You guys are the only company on this planet that has official 20w fox gold fluid btw, so keep that sh!t up. Also thanks for the grips, can't wait till they show up
All about those Ergons lately. GD1 and the GE1 :) But I also really like the rest of these in the lineup except for maybe the foam ones, not a big foam grip guy
ODI has won my business. Double lock-end models preferred, like the Rogue, which is also an XL grip diameter 👍🤓 Comfy, easy install and removal, low-to-avg price, color variety, durable AF, and helps large handed riders relieve grip fatigue. 😋 ODI 💚
Best grip to date (not even a close competition imo) is the ODI dread lock. Obviously grips are a super personal item probably only second to saddles. For someone with big hands and multiple hand and wrist injuries and metal implants there’s nothing close. Comfy, cushy but firm, massive traction, slight contour. Eager to give the Deity SupraCush a try tho.
I'm a die hard ODI guy myself. That's all I've used for years. I don't think I've ever had a set of ODI's I didn't like. I would have to say that my faves from them are the Crosstrainers and the Box Ones.
I am stuck on the OURY grips. Only because I raced ATV's from the 90's to early 2000's with them. I just gave my brother the Rogue's off my bike and went back to Oury. I like the Girth in my palms....
ODI Longnecks!!!! They make a single clamp lock-on version now and they are by far the BEST grips you can buy. They're kind of like the knuckleduster except literally 10x more comfortable, and 20x more durable.
Currently running the PNW Loam grips in orange. Love them. Next grips will probably be the Supracush from diety. Picked them up at a bike shop and was like woaa super comfy.
I prefer a slightly thicker section at the end of the grip, and a stopping point at the inside edge of the grip, i find it gives a good reference point either side and prevents lateral slip off in more gnarly situations. None of these really have both but the ODI's. The ODI's i run have even more on both edge and it works great.
Hey Jeff, can you stop posting for at least two months? My Santacruz build is causing my wife to consider premeditated murder and I really enjoy riding.
