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ODI Lock-ons

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Average Rating: 4 out of 5
No. of Reviews: 13
RRP: £14.95

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Description: Will hold your grips in place on matter what the conditions, and allows grips to be removed whenever nessesary. Price doesn't include collars which are also £12.95

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Duncan Gunn

Posted: 04/07/06

'GREAT (ODI RUFFIAN LOCK-ON BONUS PACK)'

Strengths:
solid, grippy, comfortable

Weaknesses:
the cheap plastic ends that fit into the bar are crap

Overall:
brilliant although a bit expensive

Performance		100%
Reliability		80%
Value		80%

Overall Rating

87%

Pete Jones

Posted: 10/02/02
Updated: 26/06/06

'WORTH GETTING IF YOU RUN MORE THAN ONE BIKE'

Strengths:
Grip the bars fine - no slip so long as you bear down hard on the allen keys (use a decent quality tool to avoid stripping the bolt heads). Easy to install & remove. That's it.

Weaknesses:
None. Initially more expensive, but should work out cheaper for me in the long run - not the case if you only have one bike though.

Overall:
I've been running a test set of these for a month now, and like them. No grips should slip if they've been properly installed - the reason I bought these is because I swap stuff around between my bikes on a regular basis, and I wanted to see if they would make that easier. The answer is 'yes', and I'll be putting them on all my machines - although not with the Yeti grips, which I don't particularly like.

[Update 26/06/06] Four years down the road, and these make bike fettling so much easier I wouldn't use any other grips. I prefer the Ruffian grips. You need to grease the small hex bolts well to avoid stripping the threads, but that's a minor quibble.

Performance		100%
Reliability		80%
Value		100%

Overall Rating

93%

Reggie Gasket

Posted: 21/01/04

'IT'S SIMPLE'

Strengths:
A grip that grips.

Overall:
Basically, you're a fool to use any other grip. The design is simply the best out there.

Performance		100%
Reliability		100%
Value		100%

Overall Rating

100%

Will Pomroy

Posted: 19/04/04

'BRILLIANTLY SIMPLE'

Strengths:
I use the odi S+M lockons for jumping, street etc. and the perform brillaintly, really comfortable grips, dont wear too quickly. The lock jaw clamps are such a good idea, absolutely brilliant. I wouldnt use anything else, this is my second pair!!

Weaknesses:
bolts round if you're not careful
interface with grip/collar could be better

Overall:
fantastic, I will but these over and over, plus I get them for £13 inc collars! beat that! (my lbs is stupid)

Performance		100%
Reliability		100%
Value		100%

Overall Rating

100%

4 Assed Monkey

Posted: 26/05/04

'WORTH IT.'

Strengths:
No slip. Not even a little bit.
Good grip pattern (Ruffians)
Good compound

Weaknesses:
Price, but not that much.

Overall:
I bought these after trying hairspray, spray paint, zip ties, fuse wire and even the glue from my puncture repair kit, all of which failed after a short space of time.

I got the £15.99 'all you need' 2004 kit (Ruffian grips, lock on collars, end caps) from the LBS for £13.50.

I'm glad I did. They seem hard wearing (only done 4 rides though) brilliantly simple and the lock on collars plus the supplied end cap give a nice 'mini-flange' on the end of the grip.

It took me longer to take the old grips off than to fit them - its that easy.

Don't listen to people siting rounding of the allen bolts as a negative point - only if you're a ham fisted chimp.

Buy these - they grip, they are comfortable and once fitted you can foret them until they wear out and replacement grips are on a par pricewise with normal grips.

Performance		100%
Reliability		100%
Value		80%

Overall Rating

93%

Michael Painter

Posted: 12/05/05

'EVERY BIKE SHOULD HAVE SOME'

Strengths:
Easy to fit, easy to remove
A grip pattern to suit everyone (I've used Yeti, Ruffian, Rogue)

Weaknesses:
The grub screws that secure the lock-rings. They can fall out if you're not careful, and they're pretty soft so go easy on them!

Overall:
I don't understand the bitching about the price, these jobbies are a proper fix for loose grips everywhere. The first upgrade that should go onto any bike.

Performance		100%
Reliability		100%
Value		100%

Overall Rating

100%

Mark Penman

Posted: 17/02/01

'Great Idea'

Strengths:
grips wont budge unless u want them to, loads of ODI and Yeti grips available to use with them, grips can be removed whenever u want without risk of damaging them or needing to use hairspray etc

Weaknesses:
Seems a lot of money for grips at first

Overall:
Why didn't someone think of this before?

Performance		100%
Reliability		100%
Value		60%

Overall Rating

87%

Kai Wilbraham

Posted: 20/02/01

'At last'

Strengths:
I've just upgraded to these and I think I'm sold for life. Now my grips cannot move.

Weaknesses:
No problems, apart from the cost (especially as I have now seen 'starter packs' advertised which contain grips & locks for aroung £15)

Overall:
£20+ is a bit steep, but it's well worth it if you are plagued by moving grips.

Performance		100%
Reliability		100%
Value		60%

Overall Rating

87%

Seb Pedley

Posted: 04/06/01

'Rip-off price for crap'

Strengths:
They wont move (side to side at least)

Weaknesses:
The compound on mine wears off in no time...about 4 months. They click and twist slightly even when done up all the way. Anodised finish of lock-clamps wears off quick too.

Overall:
These things cost the earth so why dont they do their job properly? And paying that much you would expect them to last for at least a year or so. Really, dont bother.

Performance		40%
Reliability		20%
Value		20%

Overall Rating

27%

Tim D (yeah!)

Posted: 29/12/01

'WEAK, HURT YOUR HANDS'

Strengths:
ease of fitting/removal

Weaknesses:
grips (yeti) deteriorate fast, the outer collars dig into your metacarpal bones, the grip/collar intrface gets damaged too easily, they won't clamp to 24/7 steel bars

Overall:
should retail together for £7 not £15. good principal, poor design execution! i'm back to normal grips and all the fun of getting them to stay on properly!