I find my twist grip very hard to grip and twist when wet.
It’s a Rohloff, so there’s no trigger shift option and it uses two full length cables, so there’s a bit more drag than a derailleur.

I was thinking that grippy silicone stuff they use round the hem of cycling jerseys and shorts would do it. Is it available as stick on tape ?
Is there any other stick on or paint on tacky stuff I could use ?

Skateboard grip stuff?

Might wear your gloves a bit but would grip alright.

You mean deck tape ? The stuff that was originally used on boats, then adapted for skateboards ?
I was thinking more of something tacky, not something that would shred my gloves on the first ride.

Tight fitting rubber bands perhaps?

Do the cables need to be replaced / lubed / rerouted? Shouldn’t be that sticky surely?

Daisy chain of cableties?

TJ

you ridden a rohloff ?

they do require a fair bit of turning even with new cables they are stiff

mines was not fun at 10 under the ben with the mud all over !

or back in the bad old days of gripshift, people were using zipties as suggested above.

Trailrat – only briefly – it was hard to twist but not that hard. Just asking the question.

oh yeh – when dry they feel light , but as with all gripshift and with the slight bit more friction in the rohloff system – mud makes it hell !

sram put funky grooves in there to help but the rohloff is triangular but pretty smooth (mines very smooth)

Mid 90’s solution – cable ties!

2011 solution – this stuff looks interesting, could work? http://sugru.com/

How about silicone bath sealer – we used to coat the tires on my brothers RC car with it for racing indoors when we were kids (the club raced in old gym hall so the surface was dust over polished wood) – smearing the silicone on sheet of ply and rolling the tyres across it like a roller in a paint try. It would give you a silicone coating with lots of little stipples.

You’d need to experiment a bit to apply it to your gripshift and get that stippled texture

I’m using the new smaller diameter twist grip as I’ve got a bit of a long term thumb injury which makes the larger one uncomfortable. The smaller one is better to hold on to, but offers less leverage for twisting.
I’m using Nokon cables with as few bends as possible. Even when brand new it’s hard to shift gear once my gloves are wet.

A row of cable ties with the ends staggered sounds like a good cheap fix. If you don’t cut the tails off dead flush, they can be a bit sharp. One trick I’ve seen is to flash over them with a blow lamp to round them off.
That Sugru looks good too. At £12 a pack,I’m trying to think of what else I could use it for before it’s 6 month expiry.
Looking again at the twistgrip now it’s dry, it is actually a bit tacky its self, it just doesn’t seem to retain it’s tackyness when wet.
I was thinking of maybe putting some deeper ribs across it with my hot melt glue gun.

Aim to build your gripping hand up slightly with various extra curricular activities 😯

Paint on Coca Cola?

Buy some BMX gloves, they are grippier for some reason, probably less padding in them.

do you use a twist shifter by choice or is it just something you are stuck with?

Slight hijack!

I bought some Sram ones for my sons bike because his hands were too small for normal shifters. I then got a pair for my On One and they are brilliant and I prefer them.

something you are stuck with?

thanks to rohloff its gripshift or none …

im wondering about adapting a pair of bar end shifters set on friction to change gears but im not convinced it will be a workable solution due to them only pulling half the needed cable – then you need pullys and all sorts 🙁

seosamh77, it’s the only option with a Rohloff.

There was someone making & selling an electronic shifter a while ago. I think it was about £200. It might be OK for rich roadies, but it all looked a bit vulnerable for a mountain bike.

I just found a trigger shifter made of Lego. 😯

I think a hydraulic shifter would be the ideal answer. A small rotary hydraulic pump on the bars with a small hydraulic motor at the hub.

very cool graham ! – DO IT ! – then your shifter could quite litterally EXPLODE !

Graham – would your cheapest option not be just to wrap the shifter in squash/tennis handle grip tape. It doesnt slip when you get sweaty playing squash, and comes in a range of colours. At only £2 a roll must be worth a try.
I use gripshift so sympathise but just have very grippy gloves & replace when they wear out.

Thanks Superdale, that sounds like exactly what I’m after.
There’s two sports shops in town, so I’ll see if they sell it.
I don’t hold out too much hope though as neither of them sells weightlifting/rock climbing chalk, they both seem to specialise in selling tracksuits and trainers to people who have got no intention of going to an athletics track or doing any training.

What about that water proof tape used to cover the dx batteries, I forget what it’s called now? 😐

Mangalation tape. You can find it in any marine chandlers. I use it to water proof electronic connections and plugs on flybridges.

Or sikaflex let the top surface dry a little then wet an pencil or something and put grooves in the applied sika.

Amalgamation tape

Self amalgamating tape

…and, twistgrip shifters rock!!