Lowest volume air compressor for grip changes
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Lowest volume air compressor for grip changes
I currently have a 1.5 gal air compressor with 150 PSI that works nicely for getting grips (Kraton rubber type) on and off a handlebar. I'm assuming one of the car-cigarette-lighter air pumps would not create enough sustained PSI to get the job done.
Anyone have an opinion on the minimum tank volume for this fine act of bicycle maintenance?
Anyone have an opinion on the minimum tank volume for this fine act of bicycle maintenance?
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What brand/model is your current one? I was gonna post similar in the last few days..lol. Maybe flow rate (cfm) is more important than top psi?
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Note that the required volume isn't limited by the compressor flow rate.
There's usually a storage tank, which allows a large, sustained blast, well
beyond what the compressor could deliver on my its own.
There's usually a storage tank, which allows a large, sustained blast, well
beyond what the compressor could deliver on my its own.
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We use this in the shop and it blows off HB Grips well,
https://www.harborfreight.com/media/...7/57572_W3.jpg
as FBinNY said,
. You need that blast (and blocking off any air leaks), we have had to chase grips across the parking lot
https://www.harborfreight.com/media/...7/57572_W3.jpg
as FBinNY said,
There's usually a storage tank, which allows a large, sustained blast
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I’ve considered rigging this Spare Air and 80 up for grip removal, dusting/drying, cut off wheel or die grinder, and tire inflation.
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for me it is simple, I will use the compressor (husky with 120 psi top) and always shoot the grips into some hard to get at place in the garage no matter how careful i try to be
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Use bolt on grips and not have the problem of needing a compressor and if you are needing an in car compressor you should do some maintenance to the bike at home or at a shop something like that is not really for the trailhead.
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Most of the grips I replace are rather worn out (such is the exciting life of a wrench). So, I often slide, in between the grip and bar, a skinny hex wrench. Adjacent to that slide in a Clean Streak nozzle and give a light spray. Remove the nozzle and work the hex wrench back and forth a little so the spray can migrate about. Pull the grip off and quickly wipe off the bar. No noise, no added person to plug the other end of the bars. The bars are cleaned at the same time. Only when I can't slide on a new grip with my moist breath and hands will I go to evaporative spray or grip stretching air pressure. Andy
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Most of the grips I replace are rather worn out (such is the exciting life of a wrench). So, I often slide, in between the grip and bar, a skinny hex wrench. Adjacent to that slide in a Clean Streak nozzle and give a light spray. Remove the nozzle and work the hex wrench back and forth a little so the spray can migrate about. Pull the grip off and quickly wipe off the bar. No noise, no added person to plug the other end of the bars. The bars are cleaned at the same time. Only when I can't slide on a new grip with my moist breath and hands will I go to evaporative spray or grip stretching air pressure. Andy
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Most of the grips I replace are rather worn out (such is the exciting life of a wrench). So, I often slide, in between the grip and bar, a skinny hex wrench. Adjacent to that slide in a Clean Streak nozzle and give a light spray. Remove the nozzle and work the hex wrench back and forth a little so the spray can migrate about. Pull the grip off and quickly wipe off the bar. No noise, no added person to plug the other end of the bars. The bars are cleaned at the same time. Only when I can't slide on a new grip with my moist breath and hands will I go to evaporative spray or grip stretching air pressure. Andy
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Andy, Just curious. We have used this method too for grips that we are saving for reuse or reinstall (when repairing a DER control) but if the grip is worn and to be replaced we just slide a utility knife parallel to the bar and just cut it off lengthwise. Won't this be easier?
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Locking grips are the s•••.
I used them when I rode DH mountain bikes. Now I'm more or less strictly BMX, and the grips I use (Odyssey Broc Raiford) aren't offered with a locking option, and I wouldn't use any other grips now that I've found "the ones".
I used them when I rode DH mountain bikes. Now I'm more or less strictly BMX, and the grips I use (Odyssey Broc Raiford) aren't offered with a locking option, and I wouldn't use any other grips now that I've found "the ones".
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Someone needs to make a locking base grip that ESI's can be put on.
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