BikeYoke Launches the Grippy 16

It's a grip. OK, it's a bicycle grip. We can't and won't say it is the best bicycle grip because bicycle grips are particularly personal. Be it damping, thickness, length, texture or shape. There are simply too many boxes to tick to make a grip your favorite and there simply can't be THE ONE, can there? Well, we tried to make a grip with as many features that do away with some of the things we did not like about some of the grips out there.

Honeycomb Design

On some of your favorite grips, you may notice that, in a matter of a few rides, you can see small parts of the rubber already getting twisted, torn or sheared off. Some grips provide excellent damping, but the rubber may be too soft, squishy and sticky to withstand rough use over a longer period. We settled on a surface structure for our Grippy that resembles a honeycomb. We combined it with a material that provides exceptional feel and grip yet is stiff and sturdy enough so that you can not twist the rubber, which helps limit wear as little as possible.

Inner Sleeve Cut-Outs

For even more damping on the outside palm area, we designed cut-outs into the inner Nylon support sleeve, creating space for more rubber material all the way to the handlebar for more damping and support on the critical outside palm area.

Eccentric / Offset Design

The Grippy, while featuring a circular diameter, is offset from the middle axis. Thinner grips usually allow for a firmer and better mechanical grip, while thicker grips can give more damping and comfort. With the offset design, we created more damping where you need it - on the rear-facing side (palm side) of the grip without increasing the overall diameter of the grip.\

Integrated End Cap

We found it particularly annoying that the outer ends of some grips tear too quickly due to lack of or only a little protection from improperly designed endcaps. Scraping a tree, going down, these things happen and we do not want the grip to get torn too easily, right? So the black, integrated endcap mainly has two functions: a) the slightly tapered shape gives you excellent tactile feedback to feel where the grip ends, and b) it gives solid protection against impacts. 

Not much more to say about a grip, eh? Well, maybe some obligatory specs:

• Rubber material: TPR
• Inner sleeve/endcap material: Nylon
• Clamp material: aluminum, forged
• Color clamp: titanium grey anodized
• Weight: 113g/pair
• Length: 140mm
• Diameter (rubber part): 31mm
• MSRP: $25 USD 

View key specs, compare products, and rate the Grippy in the Vital MTB Product Guide.