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Bill wrote:
It's no good, I can't do it. I've pushed and pulled, sweated and cursed, but I cannot get my handlebar grips off my cheapie mountain bike. All I want to do is chop the bars down a couple of inches each end. I am trying to do it without damaging them. Guess the next stage is wrap them in rag and get a pipe wrench on them. Dipped them in boiling water? |
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Bill wrote:
It's no good, I can't do it. I've pushed and pulled, sweated and cursed, but I cannot get my handlebar grips off my cheapie mountain bike. All I want to do is chop the bars down a couple of inches each end. I am trying to do it without damaging them. Guess the next stage is wrap them in rag and get a pipe wrench on them. Have you tried rolling them up from one end? Alternatively, squirting water, washing-up liquid or melted Lard between grips and bars from a syringe may remove enough gription to allow 'em to be hauled off. Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/ ================================================== ========= Editor - British Human Power Club Newsletter http://www.bhpc.org.uk/ ================================================== ========= |
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Bill schrieb:
It's no good, I can't do it. I've pushed and pulled, sweated and cursed, but I cannot get my handlebar grips off my cheapie mountain bike. All I want to do is chop the bars down a couple of inches each end. I am trying to do it without damaging them. Guess the next stage is wrap them in rag and get a pipe wrench on them. Slide a thin screwdriver under them and pour in some water. After a few moments they should slip off. Hans, BTDT -- Hans Friedlaender http://hans.friedlaender.org There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don't. (Gesehen auf YJ's Shirt an SW4/02) |
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If it's a cheap mountain bike, they're likely to be rubbish handlebar
grips so it'd be no big loss to chop them off and replace with new -- Seamus Byke Kultuur Never at... http://uk.geocities.com/bykekultuur/never.html Cycling Movies Big List at... http://uk.geocities.com/mikstar123/films.html -------------------------- Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com |
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Hans Friedlaender wrote:
: Slide a thin screwdriver under them and pour in some water. After a few : moments they should slip off. I squirt in GT85/WD40 or similar personally, but the basic idea is the same. Arhtur |
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Bill wrote in message ... It's no good, I can't do it. I've pushed and pulled, sweated and cursed, but I cannot get my handlebar grips off my cheapie mountain bike. All I want to do is chop the bars down a couple of inches each end. I am trying to do it without damaging them. Guess the next stage is wrap them in rag and get a pipe wrench on them. thanks for the tips all. The screwdriver and WD40 did the trick. I'm nearly 30 miles from the nearest bike shop which is why I wanted to re-use them, even though they are cheapies. Bill |
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