lizard skin lever grips - how do i get the buggers on!?

Keiron Kinninmont said:

any ideas?

thanks

I've seen the LBS mechs do this;
plug on end of the handlebar with your hand, a friend's hand, or
whatever is handy, on the other end of the bar, slip the grip on, and
using an air compressor, not very much pressure is required, inflate the
grip, using the hole on the end, and shove it on to the bar. Remove the
plug on the other end, and using a pencil, or golf tee, plug the hole on
the grip you just installed, and repeat the procedure for the other grip.

It looked like it took some skill, and when I tried it at home it
worked, just not as elegantly as when they did it in the LBS!

BOL!
Steve

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any ideas?

thanks

Google says:

http://lizardskins.com/products/index.html?type=mountain&product_line=accessories&page_number=3

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The rest, I've just wasted.

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any ideas?

thanks

Google says:

http://lizardskins.com/products/index.html?type=mountain&product_line=accessories&page_number=3

Imagine that, besides being a waste of money to boot.

JD

Better to use the Googled solution that DTW posted. That way, you also have
access to a small bit of hair spray to get your hair looking "just so" after
a long ride. Compressed air just leaks out...

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Keiron Kinninmont said:

any ideas?

thanks

I've seen the LBS mechs do this;
plug on end of the handlebar with your hand, a friend's hand, or
whatever is handy, on the other end of the bar, slip the grip on, and
using an air compressor, not very much pressure is required, inflate the
grip, using the hole on the end, and shove it on to the bar. Remove the
plug on the other end, and using a pencil, or golf tee, plug the hole on
the grip you just installed, and repeat the procedure for the other grip.

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Keiron Kinninmont wrote:

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any ideas?

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I've seen the LBS mechs do this;
plug on end of the handlebar with your hand, a friend's hand, or
whatever is handy, on the other end of the bar, slip the grip on, and
using an air compressor, not very much pressure is required, inflate
the grip, using the hole on the end, and shove it on to the bar.
Remove the plug on the other end, and using a pencil, or golf tee,
plug the hole on the grip you just installed, and repeat the
procedure for the other grip.

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Better to use the Googled solution that DTW posted. That way, you
also have access to a small bit of hair spray to get your hair
looking "just so" after a long ride. Compressed air just leaks out...

OP asked about LEVER grips (covers, really), not bar grips.

Best advice is to return 'em and go ride.

(no) BS

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GWood wrote: (top post moved for coherency)

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Keiron Kinninmont wrote:

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>any ideas?

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I've seen the LBS mechs do this;
plug on end of the handlebar with your hand, a friend's hand, or
whatever is handy, on the other end of the bar, slip the grip on, and
using an air compressor, not very much pressure is required, inflate
the grip, using the hole on the end, and shove it on to the bar.
Remove the plug on the other end, and using a pencil, or golf tee,
plug the hole on the grip you just installed, and repeat the
procedure for the other grip.

Quoted message said:

Better to use the Googled solution that DTW posted. That way, you
also have access to a small bit of hair spray to get your hair
looking "just so" after a long ride. Compressed air just leaks out...

OP asked about LEVER grips (covers, really), not bar grips.

Best advice is to return 'em and go ride.

(no) BS

Yeh, and layoff the brakes a bit.

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D T W .../\... said:

http://lizardskins.com/products/index.html?type=mountain&product_line=accessories&page_number=3

If its anything like standard grips, you can also just spray some water
inside as you put them on. It evaporates, and they're on. Of course,
hairspray will keep it stuck on there longer.

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Thanks to those whose answers were constructive. 'Tho i'm surprised that
these things are fairly unpopular, it's good kit, in winter especially.

cheers all.

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http://lizardskins.com/products/index.html?type=mountain&product_line=access
ories&page_number=3

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If its anything like standard grips, you can also just spray some water
inside as you put them on. It evaporates, and they're on. Of course,
hairspray will keep it stuck on there longer.

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On 4 Aug 2005 09:12:58 -0700, "JD" <[email hidden]> scribbled:

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any ideas?

thanks

Google says:

http://lizardskins.com/products/index.html?type=mountain&product_line=accessories&page_number=3

Imagine that, besides being a waste of money to boot.

JD

I use LizardSkins lever grips in the winter to keep my fingers further
from frozen metal brake levers, and in that regard they work great.
Also I'm lazy, so I left them on for the summer - I can't say they do
much to benefit me this time of year but I do get a lot of people
giving me concerned looks.

-Slash
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-The Onion

I had a set of these, back in about 1995... they were buggers to get on
then though as well. I think I resorted to soapy water, don't recall
what happened when it rained though.
Steve.

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If they're fresh, just use a small screwdriver to open the ends up and spray
some hairspray into them. Then slide the little buggers over your levers.

If they've been sitting in the bike shop for a while, the insides may be a
bit stuck together. Take a Phillips screwdriver and spray hairspray on
them, then use the pointed end to work your way through the grip until the
insides are unstuck. Then go back to the first instruction.

These are good if you need them, but if you can find some old Tioga Brake
Tamers, they are so much better (I have them on most of my bikes and I enjoy
them, no matter what JD says.)

Keiron Kinninmont said:

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thanks

If they're too big for your pecker, use zipties.

/s

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Keiron Kinninmont said:

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thanks

If they're too big for your pecker, use zipties.

{grudging nod in acknowledgment of superior burn}