Easy on/off (with bolted clamps, like Ergons?) non-anatomical grips for bottom of drop bar hooks

[Patrick Moore]

Speculating here. I may come to a situation where I will be swapping SA AM and ASC wheels. The ASC takes a unique and proprietary trigger shifter, thus a wheel swap would mean a shifter swap.

I mount my trigger shifters toward the bottom of the curve on the right-side drop bar hook, about 3" below the brake lever. I'd like to be able to slide the different shifters on and off the bar. That means I won't want bar tape (or Velox bar plugs) getting in the way.

One solution might be to tape the bar from brake lever upward and use an easy on/off grip for the bottom of the bar. IIRC, Craig Montgomery did this to one or some of his touring bikes.

So, question: Is there a non-anatomical (ie, non-"ergonomic") grip that can more or less easily slide on and off the ends-of-hooks flats of a 25.4 mm bar? 

Or would I be left with spreading and re-squeezing the clamp every time I made the swap?

I suppose I could even use Ergons; really, the bigger problem is the 25.4mm diameter of the bar.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

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Patrick Moore

Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum

[DavidP]

Red Shift offers drop bar control grips that are sized for road bars vs flat bars. You can get just the lower grips. I've seen these for sale on Amazon as well as Red Shift's website.

[Patrick Moore]

Thanks, I hadn't heard about these. Actually, easy on/off aside, those might be the answer to my perennial left palm problem with numbness and pain in all except the hoods position, tho' with sufficient fidgiting I can ride for 5 miles non-stop in the hooks.

But I expect that once on they'll be stuck on tight. Does anyone know?

I may be asking for a (metaphorical) shape that is both round and square ....

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