Bicycle Tricks & Repair : How to Replace Mountain Bike Hand Grips

When replacing mountain bike hand grips, first use a razor blade to cut off the old ones, spray rubbing alcohol or hairspray inside the new grips and slide them onto the handles. Put new hand grips on a mountain bike, using clamp-on grips to avoid using alcohol, with a demonstration from an experienced cyclist and bike repair specialist in this free video on bicycles.

Expert: John Murray
Bio: John Murray is a bicycle sales and repair technician at FJ Rogers in Florence, Mass.
Filmmaker: David Pakman

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• bike tricks
• bicycle repair
• wheelie
• bunny hop
• mountain bike
• road bike
• bmx bike

[p450526]

Instead of hair spray, I used men's body spray which contains mostly denaturalized alcohol (also the main ingredient in spay deodorant). They easily slipped on, and I it drys fast.

[Sambo2472]

does this work on scooters aswell?

[MrACR1298]

AXE

[cstar1233]

wd-40



[jkf76]

does it work on bmxs

[bkedp]

The second style was probably created for people who don't know about the hairspray trick. We all saw how easily they slip on with the use of hairspray.

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fat ass

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fat ass

[berny227]

lol, i used mouth wash...worked like a charm!

[corihuayrachina]

@x0Spectator0x same thing here :D from now on, my approach will be like "check it on youtube first"

I will try to spray some deo under the grips using unsharp knives to tighten it from between them and the bar

[corihuayrachina]

@x0Spectator0x same thing here :D from now on, my approach will be like "check it on youtube first"

[simonddavies]

use dust off, you don't need to cut off the grips.

stick the straw under the grip, spray air and the grip will slip on.

Best of all it is dry, so you can ride instantly. no waiting for it to dry.