Handlebar grips

Bill said:

It's no good, I can't do it. I've pushed and pulled, sweated and cursed, but I cannot get my
handlebar grips off my cheapie mountain bike. All I want to do is chop the bars down a couple of
inches each end.

I am trying to do it without damaging them. Guess the next stage is wrap them in rag and get a
pipe wrench on them.

Dipped them in boiling water?

Bill said:

It's no good, I can't do it. I've pushed and pulled, sweated and cursed, but I cannot get my
handlebar grips off my cheapie mountain bike. All I want to do is chop the bars down a couple of
inches each end.

I am trying to do it without damaging them. Guess the next stage is wrap them in rag and get a
pipe wrench on them.

Have you tried rolling them up from one end? Alternatively, squirting water, washing-up liquid or
melted Lard between grips and bars from a syringe may remove enough gription to allow 'em to be
hauled off.

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Bill schrieb:

Quoted message said:

It's no good, I can't do it. I've pushed and pulled, sweated and cursed, but I cannot get my
handlebar grips off my cheapie mountain bike. All I want to do is chop the bars down a couple of
inches each end.

I am trying to do it without damaging them. Guess the next stage is wrap them in rag and get a
pipe wrench on them.

Slide a thin screwdriver under them and pour in some water. After a few moments they
should slip off.

Hans, BTDT

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If it's a cheap mountain bike, they're likely to be rubbish handlebar grips so it'd be no big loss to chop them off and replace with new

Bill said:

It's no good, I can't do it. I've pushed and pulled, sweated and cursed, but I cannot get my
handlebar grips off my cheapie mountain bike. All I want to do is chop the bars down a couple of
inches each end.

I am trying to do it without damaging them. Guess the next stage is wrap them in rag and get a pipe
wrench on them.

Get a really thin screw driver and push the blade under the grip, then get some WD40 (or similar)
and slide the little tube under the grip alongside the screwdriver. Spray liberally and work the
screwdriver all the way around under the grip.

Pull.

Allow the grip to dry out completely from WD40 after re-fitting before riding.

This doesn't work too well with foam grips as them absorb the WD40, also if your grips are glued on
then you'll have to slice them off with a knife.
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Hans Friedlaender <[email hidden]> wrote:

: Slide a thin screwdriver under them and pour in some water. After a few moments they should
: slip off.

I squirt in GT85/WD40 or similar personally, but the basic idea is the same.

Arhtur

Get a can of WD 40 and stick a screwdriver under the grip. Push plastic squirter in there and squirt
wd40. Grips come off with no effort. Compressed air if you can get it will do the same.

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Quoted message said:

It's no good, I can't do it. I've pushed and pulled, sweated and cursed, but I cannot get my
handlebar grips off my cheapie mountain bike. All I

want

Quoted message said:

to do is chop the bars down a couple of inches each end.

I am trying to do it without damaging them. Guess the next stage is wrap them in rag and get a
pipe wrench on them.

thanks for the tips all.

The screwdriver and WD40 did the trick.

I'm nearly 30 miles from the nearest bike shop which is why I wanted to re-use them, even though
they are cheapies.

Bill