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Your cart is empty.The ESI Chunky silicon MTB grip offers excellent wet or dry grip, greater comfort, requires no bar adhesion, and looks good!
Jay MacLean
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2025
Love these grips. Make sure to watch the youtube video on how to put them on. It's super easy with the right technique.
night
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2024
I had heard a lot of good things about ESI Chunky grips. I can confirm the talk is legit. These are the best grips I’ve ever used. Such a relief to find a grip that does but my pinky and ring finger asleep. Definitely swapping out all my MTBs to these.Only negative if you call it that, I ordered black and they are actually a dark grey. It’s actually fine for me as my bike is silver, but I’m not sure if they are really grey or if I got the wrong color sent to me.
Arlene B. Grace
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2024
Got these to replace old foam ones. They fit well, look good and function better than the old ones.
mj
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2024
I enjoy using these grips: not too thin, they are just a bit spongy which helps absorb shock while on a trail, or even just reducing hand fatigue on flat roads. They installed easily using the recommended method (I think it was "wet with rubbing alcohol"). Highly recommend, I may try the thicker Super Chunky if these ever wear out.Attached pic shows them on everyone's favorite budget MTB, Ozark Trail Ridge. Color looks good with the orange OT pedals.
Wayne Edgeworth
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2021
I've tried a bunch of different grips and have found these to be my absolute favorite grips. The oddest thing is that these are more comfortable without gloves. I ride with a pair of Troy Lee Design gloves which are very good with the other grips I have used. They are okay with these grips but I prefer to ride without gloves with these grips. I've gone on a couple long rides and have hit the single tracks with these and I have to say I won't buy any other grips for a long time. They are a bit tricky to get on. I found if you spray some rubbing alcohol on the bar and inside the grips they go on rather easily. Taking them off will be a chore. If I have to replace them I will just cut them off. I did not use the bar ends that came with them, I used some from my previous grips because they go with the color scheme of the bike. I have read that these grips have a tendency to get chunks torn out at times from crashing but I don't care. They have great grip with or without gloves . I rode yesterday and I was very sweaty and not once did they ever feel slick with sweaty hands. I highly recommend thesee grips. They are priced very well I think and I will be buying another set to give to my son for his mtb.
jvielma
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2016
Just bought my first set of ESI grips and I'm absolutely sold on them! There is a brief installation learning curve, but I figured out the trick of plugging the opposite bar end, along with PLENTY of Windex. Popped on easy peasy! Once dry and ready to ride, they are absolutely solid and seem to really dampen trail chatter, without dampening feel. Yeah, if you're considering these for the first time, just get them already! The really rock and are inexpensive. Only downside is, I'm guessing they'll have to be cut off & replaced to remove any bar mounted levers or shifters that require removing the grip. Not an issue for me though, so no stars taken for that aspect. May matter more to others though, so felt it was worth the mention. Oh yeah, gotta also say that I personally really love the look of these on the bike, so points there for aesthetics too!
Jeremiah Mahler
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2015
They are easy to install if you follow the instructions. Here are the steps I used. First, you will need a bottle of rubbing alcohol, a rag, and some rubber gloves (for grip). First, remove the old grips and clean the bars using the rag dampened with alcohol. Then, plug one end of the grip with your finger and pour some rubbing alcohol in. Plug the other end and shake the grip to get the rubbing alcohol all over the inside. Then pour out the excess on to the bar spread it around with your finger. Once everything is wet you must work quickly to get the grip on before the alcohol dries. I estimate you have between 5 and 10 seconds to do this. It will take some force to get on but it is fairly easy and it can be re-positioned once it is all the way on. After the 10 second window the grips will be locked on and they wont move at all.As for the ride, they are pretty nice. They have a good amount of cushion but not too much. Rocky trails which would make my hands numb with my old grips are much less noticeable with these. Even when my hands were sweaty my grip felt more secure than with others.Overall, these are great grips and I would definitely buy them again.
Lenco49
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2013
I just bought a slightly used Trek 6700 MTB with an upgraded carbon fiber handlebar. The bike is white with red accents but had green ESI Grips (put on by a previous owner) which looked terrible. So, I switched them out for these red ones (and bought a red bottle cage and red Lizard Skin chainstay protector). It all comes together very nicely.The package says "easy installation" for these grips...but as everyone ought to know by now, this isn't so. But I used the trick that others have recommended and inserted 3 cable ties into the grip (in addition to spraying the inside with glass cleaner) and lo-and-behold: it worked very well. It is still difficult to initially get the grip onto the handlebar end, but once you've gotten over that hurdle the cable ties (with a little elbow grease) allowed the grips to slide on with much greater ease. And by the way, who would want them to slide on TOO easily? That would just mean that they don't grip well. Thankfully, once on they sure won't ever slip off. Oh, and by the way, I got the old ones off by carefully sliding a long flat head screwdriver all the way up between the grip and the handlebar...again, it required a bit of elbow grease but the screwdriver did help in the removal effort.Final thought, I agree that the price is a bit unrealistically high...but they ARE made in the U.S.A. (which is a rarity for bicycle components nowadays, since almost EVERTHING seems to come from China), and they are sure to last a long time. So...go for it!
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