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Oury MTB Grips
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Product: Oury MTB grips (pronounce “you-ray,” like Ouray, Colorado, but spelled differently). Configuration: black, closed-end. Many other colors are available. Black lock-on versions are also available. Test Platform: Price Point Sette Riddick full suspension MTB, 4” both ends; FSA XC-280 31.8 clamp bar. Product Put in Service: No precise record; estimated early 2006. Reviewed by: Rich Ries. Cost: around $10. Mass/Weight: 103 g./3.6 oz. for the pair. Recommended? Yes.
Executive Summary: 20+ years on the market because they work so well.
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Comments
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Grip, all conditions
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5
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Sticky when wet, dry, cold, hot, with gloves or bare hands.
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Comfort
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4
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Right durometer (squishiness); may be too thick for small hands.
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Ease of Installation
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5
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Slide on easily yet stay put once installed.
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Cost/Value
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5
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Low cost. High performance. Love it.
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Style
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3
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But you can amp it up a bit with color versions.
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I don't know when I got my first pair of Oury grips. I'm thinking late `80s. I've tried other grips in the decades since but I keep coming back to Ourys for at least one of my bikes. They're inexpensive, comfortable, hold up well, and damp buzz and shock without making the bike feel distant and unresponsive. I like the shoulders on the ends so I always know where my hands are relative to the ends of the grips.
If you're used to thinner grips or if you have small hands, you may not like the Ourys as well as I do. If you favor locking grips and are concerned that the Ourys may slip (mine never have), check out our Non-Slip Grips page for an easy solution.
You make contact with your bike at only three points: saddle, pedals, and grips. Control and comfort depend on having the right products at each of those points. Oury grips are the right products.
