Retrospec Bicycles Urban/Fixed Gear Grips, Gray
Our custom Retrospec kraton grips are made of a soft, durable rubber that provides perfect traction without getting sweaty or disintegrating. Retrospec grips are perfect for your road bike, fixed-gear, single-speed, urban commuter, mountain or really any type of bike. They feature a triangular pattern with just enough cushion for supreme comfort, yet stable to maximize performance.
Product Features
- Comfortable Urban-Style bicycle grips for fixed-gear, single-speed, track bike, road bicycle and all kinds of bikes
- Fits All Retrospec Bicycles and almost any other kind of bike or handlebars
- Classic Fixed-Gear, Freestyle, FGFS, Urban Style Shape
- Made of authentic Kraton Rubber, padded for comfort
- Available in 14 colors
Skinnier than Ourys – but pretty decent. I have some Ourys on another bike, which I like, but tried these for a change. The Ourys’ rubber is 1mm thicker, meaning on the same sized bars these are 30mm and the Ourys are 32mm. The difference is bigger than it sounds, coupled with the comfortable squish of the Oury’s thicker rubber, these definitely come second in comfort.On the plus side I prefer the style of these and don’t like the intrusive branding on the Ourys (I turned that to face the ground – advertise somewhere…
Fits a kids 16″ BMX-style bike Super easy installation (a little dish soap on the bars and these grips slid right on). These fit the circumference of the handlebar fine and once the dish soap dried, the grips don’t slip. They fit great on my kids’ Specialized Hot Rock 16″ BMX-style bike, which has coaster brakes. Because the bike has no hand brakes, no adjustments to the grip length were needed. They are probably sized for an adult bike, so they do look a bit long on the handlebar by an inch or so, but that is truly…