JonPace Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 (edited) Alright people, Every single summer it drives me mad how sweaty my hands get and I get no grip at all. Everyone I ride with suffers from the same thing. I don't wanna get gloves cause they just don't feel right. Are there any grips or special lengths you lot go to to make your hands stay in place. I currently have ruffian grips... Edited June 24, 2005 by JonPace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 http://www.snowandrock.com/shop%5Cactivity...ducts/MFAAA.htm Does the trick quite nicely, especially combined with foam grips (such as Ritchey WCS). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyoyo Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 try sweat bands, they stop sweat coming off your arms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colly Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 spray antipersprint on yer hands dont know if it will work but it might Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt24. Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 I find I get this too but find the best thing is to carry a very small towel and tuck it into your trousers or get a beer mat towel and carry that, they are cheap and quickly get rid of sweaty grips and sweaty hands :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonPace Posted June 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 http://www.snowandrock.com/shop%5Cactivity...ducts/MFAAA.htm Does the trick quite nicely, especially combined with foam grips (such as Ritchey WCS). ← cheers, talculm powder seemed to work a bit but thats gotta be the best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee_Buchanan Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Who wants to be carrieing a bag of that round with them on every ride though ? waste of time just get sum thin gloves on or somet. Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Ritchey WCS Truegrips :) www.wiggle.co.uk Nice foam :(, dont flood sweat, dont hurt calouses, free bar ends :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Pie Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 I'd go for some liquid chalk stuff if your buying it primarily for riding. Loose chalk could be a hassle to take around with you, unless you like put a load in a bottle or something similar. But yeah, there's loads of brands that do liquid chalk now, which seems more grippy when climbing anyway. Erm: http://www.rockrun.com/shop/prod.html?d=2&...59bafcd2a0ce9d1 That kinda stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 I stopped wearing gloves and my hands were sweating like pigs. . . . . . But just keep riding - it gets better. I dont know why but its really not bad at all anymore. my hands have stopped sweating (as much) and i can ride without too much bother . . . But at a guess if you use foam grips (when theyre new) that would help a bucket load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 I am finding the odi longneck grips better than the ruffians in hot weather - they don't seem to get as sweaty. I think the sweat rolls down between the ribs or something. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towler Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 monty foam's from cleanbikes, they any good? was thinking of getting some as im having the same problem and as for gloves... the tan line is not cool :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
011001000110010101110010 Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 The monty foam grips are amazing! Will last ages but towards the end of their life they will become very very hard and be extremly painful. Mine lasted a good 9 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicH_87 Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 what you need is a 'wipe hands on trousers/shorts + hold on tighter'. Recommended Retail Price: £0.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 what you need is a 'wipe hands on trousers/shorts + hold on tighter'. Recommended Retail Price: £0.00 ← ha-har :P Although really I agree too I sweat like a fat sweaty man having sex on a hot day :) and I ecnounter this problem too. Mind you I'm using the brisa/koxx rubber grips which have now become slick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunkey_monkey_boy Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 http://www.snowandrock.com/shop%5Cactivity...ducts/MFAAA.htm Does the trick quite nicely, especially combined with foam grips (such as Ritchey WCS). ← f**king genius adam, i'm a bloody climber and hadn't thought of that!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Cook Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Yep every day this week when i have being trialsing my hands start to sweat but i am ordering the ritchey foam grips. They should do the job ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 I might buy myself some of that climbers chalk for the summer. Jon Fisher introduced me to that theory when I first met him a couple of years back on a ride in Basingstoke (We also had loads of fun throwing the chalk ball round and at people leaving large white chalk patches and hand prints ;) ) DeeJ then told me how a simple alternative was to use Talcolm Powder so in the summer I usually have some Talc with me in my bag. It works but last summer I found myself putting gloves on after a while riding due to soar hands, not sweaty hands. I am going to try the chalk/talc method again this summer and stick with it through the pain of riding gloveless and see how it goes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Shaw Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Has anyone tried the liquid chalk stuff? It sounds promising! How can chalk be liquid ;) Also, dont them Ritchey foam grips just get as sweaty? Stan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Also, dont them Ritchey foam grips just get as sweaty? ← I guess they do... but I've found mine soak up a fair bit of sweat BEFORE they get slippy, unlike a normal rubber grip which turns slippery straight away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Arnold Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 chop your hands off? maybe not :D i reccon gloves are the only way of stopping this problem, but u said you dont like gloves ;) how about some really thin XC gloves? like the troyleedesign ones? ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrashZen Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 monty foam's from cleanbikes, they any good? was thinking of getting some as im having the same problem and as for gloves... the tan line is not cool ;) ← Still, the best grips for sweat are the cork tape from racing bikes, or from tennis rackets....(and they are very thin like the monty and cheaper than anything else :D" ) But it has to be cork, not plastic copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 People also seem to forget that gloves are an important piece of protective equipment! What do you use to save yourself from many nasty bails? Yes thats right, your hands! I have been lucky not to hurt my hands *that* bad while riding but I am sure people out there have absolutely wrecked there hands when bailing gloveless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-A Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 I have been lucky not to hurt my hands *that* bad while riding but I am sure people out there have absolutely wrecked there hands when bailing gloveless! ← Yes, I've been there, done that. A couple of months ago I misjudged a nose tap on the top of a bank and went over the bars to land in broken glass and grvel, cut up my p[alms and finger tips nicely, end of ride, end of riding for that week. I havent really ridden without gloves since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caddis Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Yeah i get this problem far too often and find i have to stop for about 10mins before my hands go dry again. :D ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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