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The Street => The Bike Shop => Topic started by: metalbmxer on June 03, 2015, 04:42:55 PM
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Just stopped by Empire today looking for replacements to my ripped soft compound odi's.
the new hoder's looked legit and have a 32mm diam. Ended up picking them over the odsy broc's. The hoder's are made in USA by Odi but the odsy's include par ends. Both are about 160mm length and equally soft.
Which would you have picked? or are you happy with another grip (flangeless or not)
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I need flanges.
I'd like the soft compound long necks with flanges. I've never seen them for sale anywhere.
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I need flanges.
I'd like the soft compound long necks with flanges. I've never seen them for sale anywhere.
Ah right on, yeah i don't think they make em. the soft compound feels great and retains some degree of grip even if they're wet
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Threw on some Hoders few weeks ago. Pretty stoked on them. Can't say much about the Brocs besides Par Ends are sweet.
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Threw on some Hoders few weeks ago. Pretty stoked on them. Can't say much about the Brocs besides Par Ends are sweet.
Right there with ya Rusty! Dare I say they are the best feeling grips ever? Thick diameter feels good on bigger hands. And yep pulled some pretty easy feeling hop whips. Couldn't be happier with them. Still running my old par ends tho. Oh yeah and no signs of wear after 1 good session.
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No flange grips make me feel like she's got the clap but is also the only one out there so I guess I have to.
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I have the new stranger grips they are amazing
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i cant bring my self to get rid of ODI's. After the 4 years i've been riding them i have only had to buy 3 pairs , fucking perfect , little sharp at first tho
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I wanna try and get some of the hoder grips. The sunday ones dont seem too bad.
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I need flanges.
I'd like the soft compound long necks with flanges. I've never seen them for sale anywhere.
The ODI Stay Strong grips are the Soft Compound with Flanges. Also Duo's grips have flanges and are made with the ODI Soft Compound.
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No flange grips make me feel like she's got the clap but is also the only one out there so I guess I have to.
ha! ok...speaking from personal experience i take it? lol
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I have the new stranger grips they are amazing
The Quan's? they look good not sure about the pattern in between the ribbed area. nice length and diam tho...
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i cant bring my self to get rid of ODI's. After the 4 years i've been riding them i have only had to buy 3 pairs , fucking perfect , little sharp at first tho
yes the regular compound can be. I found my reg compound odi's to be more comfortable if i trimmed the length and then stretched them on the bar versus trying to squish down a longer length on the same bar.
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I wanna try and get some of the hoder grips. The sunday ones dont seem too bad.
The hoder's are where it's at if you like a thicker feeling yet semi squishy grip (32mm diam). The sundays looked to be a little too thin for me (alternating 29/30 diam according to Dan's).
I'm gonna get a pic on here for yall to see...
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way too many posts. or maybe it's just the coffee....
anyways just checked Dan's and the Hoder's are indeed made from ODI Soft Compound
http://danscomp.com/products/367387/S_and_M_Hoder_Grips_(Mike_Hoder).html
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My friend bought a pair of Ody grips that lasted him a week. I myself bought a pair that lasted 2 months.
My ODI grips are still running perfect after 3 years. Even though my Odyssey grips experiences were from way back I would never get Ody grips again.
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I really liked the adam banton grips, and the aaron ross grips as well. I have odi right now and no complaints. the tom dugan grip is really nice too. I got free merritt grips but didn't like them that much.
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I really liked the adam banton grips, and the aaron ross grips as well. I have odi right now and no complaints. the tom dugan grip is really nice too. I got free merritt grips but didn't like them that much.
Ah right on brotha! Yeah the tom dugan grip feels good. not sure if i like odsy's compound tho. maybe i just need to get one of theirs next
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We've totally changed our grip manufacturer and the compounds we use so they should be a lot better than they were a few years ago.
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G.
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We've totally changed our grip manufacturer and the compounds we use so they should be a lot better than they were a few years ago.
:)
G.
Ah excellent, thank you G, good to know!!!
Will definitely be checking out the new Broc grip then!
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I liked the cufflinks, but those were the only odyssey grips ive had. I felt the sunday ones that are lije the cufflinks which i would have purchased if they had gum ones at the shop. The merritt grips i feel are only good if you wear gloves or dont have sweaty hands. I have since cut my bars though, and will probably buy some soft longnecks again because they feel amazing.
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The Odsy Broc grips feel really similar to longnecks with somewhat of a mid softness. They feel pretty damn good to me..
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I scooped a set of Hoders, just cause I'm kinda a grip whore, and they are stupidly soft and sticky. The ribs actually stick together when you grab and let go of them.
I wished they were a little shorter and slightly larger in diameter. Dugans definitely feel larger in diameter.
No matter what grips I try, I end up going back to Dugans. Ifbi could get Dugans in the Hoder compound, I would but like 30 pairs of those and be done with grips forever.
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I scooped a set of Hoders, just cause I'm kinda a grip whore, and they are stupidly soft and sticky. The ribs actually stick together when you grab and let go of them.
I wished they were a little shorter and slightly larger in diameter. Dugans definitely feel larger in diameter.
No matter what grips I try, I end up going back to Dugans. Ifbi could get Dugans in the Hoder compound, I would but like 30 pairs of those and be done with grips forever.
get the odi soft longnecks.
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I scooped a set of Hoders, just cause I'm kinda a grip whore, and they are stupidly soft and sticky. The ribs actually stick together when you grab and let go of them.
I wished they were a little shorter and slightly larger in diameter. Dugans definitely feel larger in diameter.
No matter what grips I try, I end up going back to Dugans. Ifbi could get Dugans in the Hoder compound, I would but like 30 pairs of those and be done with grips forever.
get the odi soft longnecks.
Had them. Not nearly long enough. Dugans are about 150mm, longnecks are 130mm, Hoders are 160. I think 150 is the sweet spot to work with a brake lever.
The wannabe miniflange annoyed me too.
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Oh ok, i cut my bars usyally so the longnecks arent so long on my bars. I do like the longer grips though.
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Duo Martinez are awesome. The flange on them is pretty small, but still big enough to keep my hands in place, nice little touch.
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