I really like to use Oury grips with bar end shifters. First I slice off
the flange at the end, then I orient the grooves that run the length of the
grips so one lines up with the shifter cable. Then I use twine around the
perpendicular grooves t lock the shifter cable into place. Sorry - no
Doug, I have used the following approach to run bar end shifter cabling
beneath ESI grips:
- Remove the shifters from the bars and fully withdraw the cable from the
housing.
- Re-insert the cable into the housing leaving the shifter out of the
equation at this point.
- Secure the housing with
Grant wrote a blagh about making custom grips a while back:
https://www.rivbike.com/blogs/grant-petersens-blog/grips-the-hard-way-how-to
He used felt as a padding under the cloth tape. I set up my wife's bike
this way and it was quite comfortable.
We also have our tandem set up with a barcon
These suggestions are all really helpful and I appreciate it. I decided to
try splitting a set of Chunky ESI grips. I just got them installed and
wrapped Newbaums around each. The bottom of the grip has a flat area
because I couldn't squeeze the grips back together. These really are just
big
Hey Doug,
I've got ESI grips on my Atlantis with bar-end shifters. I have my cable
running underneath the grips but not through them. Kind of like how the
cable housing runs along the bottom of the cork grips Riv sells. Then
Neubaums wrapped around and shellacked. I find them very comfortable.
I was able to squeeze extra chunky ESI grips over the bar end shifter/cable
on my albas, but I didn't love those grips (slippery and not durable).
I didn't notch the grip to provide a channel for the cable, and as nitpicky
as I can be, I really didn't find it to be an annoyance.
my
If you want cork grips that support bar end shifters, I can't recommend
highly enough Meisha's cork grips. You see them on a lot of Rivs but
nowhere stateside stocks them, including Riv (who I believe used to stock
them).
You can now get them from Blue Lug
here:
I love cheapo cork grips on albatross bars. The kind of grip with cork
grains glued together into a cushy mass. For
example: https://www.somafabshop.com/shop/242114-cardiff-grips-gryfed-cork-6386
I think Ergon cork grips would work great too, I've just never used them.
-Wes
On Wednesday, May 8,
I'd imagine you'd want to slice the grips anyway to provide a channel for
the shift cables to run through, so slicing then wrapping should be fine.
You could also twine along with bar tape. Here are a few variations on
that:
https://bluelug.com/bike-catalog/16815/
