DIY Leather Handlebar Grips – Quick and Easy Guide
October 30, 2024
We recently featured some handlebar grips of questionable comfort, and reader Nick who blogs at Bicycle Obsession sent along some DIY leather grips which look rather comfy. The full article can be found here, materials and pictures below.
DIY Leather Handlebar Grips
Materials:
- A pair of worn out lock-on grips (if you don’t have, or you can’t find in your friends’ garage, you can buy them off ebay for around 3$)
- An (unusable) leather belt that you don’t want/like (non-slip, tough, amazing feel, beautiful looks, your hands doesn’t smell rubber after the ride, doesn’t leave black spots on your hands.)
- Razor / knife
- A good pair of scissors
- A piece of thick fish line (incredibly resilient to the elements, most of the times you can find it for free, looks great, amazingly strong)
- A Dremel
- Needle-nose pliers
You start here . . .
. . . you get your sew on . . .
. . . and you end up here!
