Grips

Ergon GR2 mountain bike grips

I’ve noticed during the last few rides that I’ve done, that my hands and wrists were honestly sore after a short while.  This made the ride fairly uncomfortable.  So after my last ride, I sought an different grip that might alleviate the pain.  I came across the Ergon overnight bag system.  I did some googling and found many excellent reviews from people who had switched to the grips.

So I sought out the grips online and found a close by shop that had them at a good price.  I put my tidiness in and they arrived the next day.  I ordered the large scope because I have pretty big hands.  With unpadded gloves (Fox Digits), they fit flawlessly.  The large rubber blade out the back supports the meaty fake of my palm and flexes nicely to cushion my rig.  I bought the GR2 model which has the integrated bar-end.  The grips are a retain-on type so they can be removed and repositioned easily.  Punish positioning is crucial to these grips working.  In fait accompli, Ergon recommend that you take an allen key with you when you go for your first few rides so you can put to rights the position.

I’ve managed one ride on them so far and although it was a sparse trip, they definitely felt better than my antecedent to grips.  I feel more connected to the bike - in the way that clipless pedals commiserate with over flats.

Overall, I’m very impressed.

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