Two Wheels - Six Strings

Random news and thoughts about various two-wheeled projects and music, especially my band, Skull Full Of Blues.

Friday, April 03, 2009

Woodies!

This is the only form of carbon fiber I find appropriate on the Ghetto Bike.

Woody grips from Rivendell. Kinda stupid, maybe, to put $40.00 bling-grips on a beater commute bike, but I just like the looks of them. They are a little slick under the gloves, but we'll see how they age.

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5 Comments:

At 10:44 PM , Blogger nick said...

carbon fiber? where?

 
At 10:26 AM , Blogger Brad said...

Wood is a carbon based material. And also happens to be fibrous.

Think of it as carbon fiber unplugged.

Rock on!

 
At 11:02 AM , Blogger Jon said...

You got it, B!

 
At 3:23 PM , Blogger Apertome said...

Beautiful. I think they're worth the $40. I'm looking forward to seeing how they age, and maybe once you've ridden with them a bit you can comment on comfort. Seems like they might be a little unforgiving, but you never know.

 
At 5:58 PM , Blogger Jon said...

So far, they seem pretty comfy. They are anatomically shaped, so the ergonomics are pretty good. It took me a couple of tries to get the angle right, but i think they are going to work pretty well at commute/errand-running distances.

I might have to do a long ride with them and see how they work over three or four hours...

 

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