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Handlebar grips slipping

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#1 ·
Hi everyone,

I have a Trek Navigator 2. All stock. Both handlebar grips are starting to slip off. Any way I can secure them?
 
#2 ·
most lock on grips can be secured by tightening the grips with an allen wrench M2 or M3

If you don't have lock on grips, you need to buy new grips preferably lock ons.
 
#10 ·
Raced BMX for years (before the dawn of lock-on grips)... tried it all, e.g. hairspray, glue... In the end, the best solution was:
1. Remove grips and clean grips and bar with soap and water - rinse well
2. Using 120 grit sand paper, scuff handlebar - use tape to create the stop line
3. Hold now dry grip and breath into it - seriously. Just like you'd fog your glasses to clean them
4. With one palm covering other end of the bar, start bumping the grip on with your other palm. Covering the other end of the bar, forces the air to inflate the grip momentarily - that's how it slips
5. Repeat on other side
 
#17 ·
Yeah, gel definitely won't work. The more alcohol-based the hairspray the better. Aquanet worked great in the 80's and is what most of us freestyle guys used.

Some people would use spit, rubbing alcohol, or breathe into them, but Aquanet is what worked best for us. The other techniques would usually end up slipping if the bars got a little wet in the rain or even higher humidity days in the summer.
 
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