Handlebar grips

Bill wrote:
It's no good, I can't do it. I've pushed and pulled, sweated and
cursed, but I cannot get my handlebar grips off my cheapie mountain
bike. All I want to do is chop the bars down a couple of inches each
end.

I am trying to do it without damaging them. Guess the next stage is
wrap them in rag and get a pipe wrench on them.

Dipped them in boiling water?

Bill wrote:

It's no good, I can't do it. I've pushed and pulled, sweated and
cursed, but I cannot get my handlebar grips off my cheapie mountain
bike. All I want to do is chop the bars down a couple of inches each
end.

I am trying to do it without damaging them. Guess the next stage is
wrap them in rag and get a pipe wrench on them.

Have you tried rolling them up from one end? Alternatively, squirting
water, washing-up liquid or melted Lard between grips and bars from a
syringe may remove enough gription to allow 'em to be hauled off.

Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
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Bill schrieb:
It's no good, I can't do it. I've pushed and pulled, sweated and cursed,
but I cannot get my handlebar grips off my cheapie mountain bike. All I want
to do is chop the bars down a couple of inches each end.

I am trying to do it without damaging them. Guess the next stage is wrap
them in rag and get a pipe wrench on them.

Slide a thin screwdriver under them and pour in some water. After a few
moments they should slip off.

Hans, BTDT

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Hans Friedlaender http://hans.friedlaender.org
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binary and those who don't. (Gesehen auf YJ's Shirt an SW4/02)

If it's a cheap mountain bike, they're likely to be rubbish handlebar
grips so it'd be no big loss to chop them off and replace with new



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Seamus
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Hans Friedlaender wrote:

: Slide a thin screwdriver under them and pour in some water. After a few
: moments they should slip off.

I squirt in GT85/WD40 or similar personally, but the basic idea is the
same.

Arhtur

Bill wrote in message
...
It's no good, I can't do it. I've pushed and pulled, sweated and cursed,
but I cannot get my handlebar grips off my cheapie mountain bike. All I
want
to do is chop the bars down a couple of inches each end.

I am trying to do it without damaging them. Guess the next stage is wrap
them in rag and get a pipe wrench on them.


thanks for the tips all.

The screwdriver and WD40 did the trick.

I'm nearly 30 miles from the nearest bike shop which is why I wanted to
re-use them, even though they are cheapies.

Bill