Brendan Fairclough’s new signature ‘Grip for the brave’ is a strange mash-up. The outboard section is knurled with a waffled underside, while the inner end is ribbed, with a flange, for your comfort (ooh er missus!).
There’s no outer lock-on clamp – a design we prefer because it lets you sit your hand right at the end of the bar. But with these grips, larger testers found themselves moving their hands inboard to make better use of the ribbed section. This reduced the effective bar width but gave a really comfy feel on long, rough trails, with none of the vague twist-grip feel of some ribbed grips.
For smaller riders, the length of the grips meant they had to hold the non-ribbed section, making them only moderately comfy. If you like to hold your grips close to the flange, moto style, they’re worth trying. They come in two diameters and are cheap enough to take a punt on.
Price 25$