Lock on grips.

Took 2 mins to take the ODIs off the bars instead of faffing about with GT85 and and wooden skewer to remove old grips. Blimey. 😳

Anyone else finally got around to fitting or changing something on the bike that’s an obvious improvement but taken ages to get around to doing or is it just me 🙂

couple of years ago, but chains with power links, so.much.easier.

Wait until the 2mm hex head rounds off and you have to cut the bloomin thing off!!
For me….it’s gears.Although the jury is still out on that one.

tubeless

tyre on, pump up, ride (once you find a setup that works)

no more faffing with tubes 😛

I went back to normal grips when I saw how much lock ons weigh !

And singlespeed winter bikes.

Rorschach – Member

Wait until the 2mm hex head rounds off and you have to cut the bloomin thing off!!

Still easier than removing a well-attached slipon tbh.

Inner tubes – tube in, tyre on, pump up and go.

No more faffing about with sealants, compressors, lubes etc.

Trimix – Member

Inner tubes – tube in, tyre on, pump up and go.

No more faffing about with sealants, compressors, lubes etc.

It’ll never catch on you know.

I’ll keep an eye out for rounding the hex then but dont think I’ll mind about the extra grams over conventional grips!

Tubeless, there’s another thing I might get around too…..

Foam Lock-ons.

Uppy-downy seatpost. 1st world solution maybe, but a bloody good one!

slainte 8) rob

Tubeless for me too, never convinced but decided to give it a go when my tyres needing changing.

Very happy with the results so far, though admittedly my old tyres were pretty shot.

Wait until the 2mm hex head rounds off and you have to cut the bloomin thing off!!

Or hammer a small flat headed screwdriver in the head and undo them.

I went back to normal grips when I saw how much lock ons weigh !

troll post? you can’t be serious.

troll post? you can’t be serious.

I bet you don’t know how much they weigh though?

When you’re a SingleTrackAthlete at peak performance, every gram counts mate.

He did say “saw”, not “felt”.

Everything’s got split clamps now though – which means lockons are nowhere near as useful as they were 5 years ago. The only real reason to regularly take grips off is to perform maintenance of the bits inboard (shifters/brakes) but now I don’t need to bother messing about with the grips.

I’ll probably get standard grips next time as they can be a bit thinner (Renthals probably).

I went back to normal grips when I saw how much lock ons weigh !

My revelation was when I decided having a good dump was as good as rubbish weight saving ideas, anything under 36lb is good enough

thisisnotaspoon – Member

tubeless

tyre on, pump up, ride (once you find a setup that works)

no more faffing with tubes

I went back to normal grips when I saw how much lock ons weigh !

And singlespeed winter bikes.

Agreed on all accounts.
Especially the weight of lock ons. I got a few sets of foam grips for £4 a piece, wasn’t sure what to think of them but planned to put them on the race bike to save weight.

They saved an incredible amount of weight, are more comfortable and less than half the price. And I can save even more weight by taking the oft mentioned pre ride dump. Double savings.

Weight !

Just to add a small amount of reality a Malteser weighs 2 grams.

Next you will be shaving your legs and riding nude.