Category: Grips

  • Ergon Launches The GD1 Evo Series Gravity-Grips 2.0

    Ergon has upgraded its GD1 Series to the GD1 Evo Series Gravity-Grips 2.0. The new “GD” or grip downhill features a super-soft thumb zone that provides improved grip while reducing the forces needed to securely hold onto the handlebars. The inner stop has been trimmed down to make hand repositioning easier and a chamfered underside provides fingers something to dig into. …

  • Hand and Wrist Relief with the SQlab 411 Innerbarend, 311 FL-X Handlebars, and Revolution Suspension Grips

    Long-term mountain bike riding, especially on rugged terrain, can cause trauma, injuries, and abuse to the hands and wrists. I have suffered swelling, numbness, and pain, especially with my right hand, exasperated by thumb arthritis. I have been using the innovative SQlab 311 FL-X handlebars, the functional SQlab 411 Innerbarends, and Revolution Suspension Grips on…

  • Hand Relief – SQlab 411 Innerbarends and 311 Handlebars, and Revolution Suspension Grips

    As I get older and keep mountain bike riding on rugged gnarly terrain, I have been having some severe issues with my hands. I have suffered swelling, numbness, and pain, especially with my right hand, which is exasperated by thumb arthritis. Over the past couple of years, I have been using SQlab 311 handlebars, SQlab…

  • The MTB Lab Best of 2018 – Packs, Shoes, Sunglasses, and Grips

    Some of our Best of 2018 miscellaneous gear we tested include the superb and high functional Platypus Duthie AM Hydration Pack, the Mountainsmith Cycle Cube organizational bag for carrying all your cycling gear, the Pearl Izumi X-ALP Elevate mountain bike shoe with Boa closure and great hike-a-bike characteristics, the Smith Optics Attack Max sunglasses with huge field of…

  • Ergon – New Products for 2019

    Ergon will present new ergonomic solutions for the upcoming season at the Eurobike show. Highlights include the anatomically optimized men’s saddles SM (MTB) and SR (Road). Men’s health is given priority here. New E-MTB saddles, updates to the ST Core Prime, and GA3 Twist grips for 2019. Many of the new men’s saddle take their…

  • Review – Ergon GE1 Evo Factory Grips

    The evolution of the favorite Ergon‘s GE1 grips produced their latest iteration the GE1 Evo and GE1 Evo Factory grips that feature a new surface structure that offers more adhesion and stickiness. The Factory versions that we tested get a unique rubber compound that delivers an improved grip and rebound over its brethren making them ideal…

  • The MTB Lab Best Innovation of 2017 – Revolution Suspension Grips

    The most innovative bike component for 2017 that the MTB Lab tested was the Revolution Suspension Grips which is an innovative system that isolates your hand’s and upper body from the shock and vibration propagated through the handlebars from the trail, and this design helps decrease fatigue, repetitive injury and arm pump. The system features…

  • Revolution Suspension Grips Review

    The Revolution Suspension Grips is an innovative system that isolates your hand’s and upper body from the shock and vibration propagated through the handlebars from the trail, and this design helps decrease fatigue, repetitive injury and arm pump. “There are many different grip shapes and sizes designed to achieve that perfect, ergonomic fit with hopes…

  • Sea Otter 2017 – Ergon GE1 Factory Grips and IP3 Solestar Insoles

    GE1 Factory The GE1 Factory and GE1 Slim Factory now get the same sticky custom rubber compound that was first seen on their downhill specific GD1 grips. The new grip of the Enduro World Series elite! The new and unique rubber compound, 100% made in Germany, creates previously unknown grip and rebound characteristics. The feel is soft,…

  • Sea Otter 2017 – Revolution Suspension Grips

    They’re ‘Shock Absorbing Grips’. The Revolution Suspension Grips are an innovative system that isolates your hand’s and upper body from the shock and vibration propagated through the handlebars from the trail, and this design helps decrease fatigue, repetitive injury and arm pump. The system features a two-collar lock-on design, an inner plastic sleeve which is…

  • Interbike 2016 – Ergon

    GD1 Factory Grips The new GD1 grips were designed for downhill mountain biking and are made with a sticky custom rubber compound and utilize an inner CNC aluminum clamp. They come in two sizes, a standard version for average hands, which also offer improved vibration damping (145g) and a slim version which fit smaller hands (130g). The grips retail…

  • Interbike 2016 – SKS and SQlab

    SKS They had a bunch of new products for the coming season, highlighted by two tubeless tire filling systems, the portable air tank RideAir and the TL Head which utilizes a CO2 that attaches to a retrofitted pump head unit. They also had the heavy duty AirWorx Plus 10.0 pump, the SpaceCage water bottle system with a hidden…

  • Review – SQlab 311 Handlebars, 411 Innerbarends and 711 SY Grips

    The new Innerbarends are wicked cool and highly functional, and the hand and arm relief they provide are greatly appreciated. The 711 SY Grips offer good ergonomics due to their boxy shape and wavy contours and three density rubber, and the wings provide superb Ulnar nerve comfort. The 311 handlebars provide excellent ergonomics and a comfortable…

  • SKS USA To Distribute SQlab Ergonomic Products

    SKS USA announced today that they’d be the US distributor for SQlab products, which include ergonomic saddles, grips, and handlebars. SKS is a German company that is best known for their excellent bike fenders and mudguards in the US, but their product suite also includes pumps, saddle bags, multitools, and chainguards and water bottle cages. I have…

  • Wolf Tooth Components Announces the Fat Paw Grips

    RedMonkey Sports and Wolf Tooth team up to create one FAT grip! Lake Forest, California, and Minneapolis, Minnesota – April 7th, 2016 Designed by Wolf Tooth and produced with the same outstanding performance and quality of the RedMonkey Sports Karv series 100% silicone MTB grips, Wolf Tooth Fat Paw grips were developed for riders that…