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Bike handlebar grips, every one is 130mm long, and a twist shifter needs less

By Khizar Published 28 Sept 2026

The short answer

Prices in GBPeach row carries the day it was read

Best overall, and measured in front of you NPY Bicycle Handlebar Grip Shock Absorption Single lock rubber grips with a woven tread, in eight colours, and the only listing whose photographs measure the thing: a vernier caliper reading 130.54mm along the grip and 61.02mm across two side by side, about 30.5mm each, and the pair weighing 121.8g on a kitchen scale in its bag. That is slimmer than most here, which suits a small or medium hand. Another listing uses these exact photographs for more £6.29checked 18 Oct 2026 Check price opens in a new tab

The cheapest, and it locks at both ends MOTSUV MTB Bicycle Handle Grips Dual Lock Knurled rubber grips with an aluminium ring at each end and plugs for the bar ends, with the rings in black, red or blue. The lowest price among the picks and one of seven that clamp at both ends. Its photographs give no length, so assume the 130mm every other listing here gives, and measure your bar £3.17checked 18 Oct 2026 Check price opens in a new tab

If you want somewhere to rest your palm Bicycle Grips Lock on Rubber Handlebar Grip A winged grip that flattens out under the heel of your hand, clamped by a ring at both ends, measured at 129.85mm, in marbled colours. It is the heaviest here at 174g weighed in its box. The two other winged grips on this page sell the shape as a cure for sore wrists; this one only shows it £8.79checked 18 Oct 2026 Check price opens in a new tab

Soft and light BUCKLOS Bicycle Grips Shock Absorbing Soft Foam over a hard plastic lining, 33mm across and 133mm long by its own figures, with a single red ring and a plug, and a pair weighing about 89g on its scale photograph. Foam is the softest thing here and damps a rough road, and it wears through sooner than rubber. Shown fitted on a mountain bike beside the brake £5.62checked 18 Oct 2026 Check price opens in a new tab

For a town or folding bike BOLANY PU Leather Bicycle Handlebar Grips Stitched PU leather over the grip, 130mm by 35mm, with an aluminium ring at each end and bar end plugs, in black or brown. The thickest round grip here and the one that looks at home on a town bike. It costs more than most of this page, and PU is a plastic that looks like leather, which the title says plainly £17.01checked 18 Oct 2026 Check price opens in a new tab

From a maker with a model number TAOZIK TZ-R130 Lock On Bicycle Handlebar TAOZIK TZ-R130, a name and a model you can search, single lock, 131mm long and about 34mm across by its size panel, 100g a pair, in a long row of colours. A plain hexagon pattern tread, and the panel says it fits any 22.2mm bar £6.96checked 18 Oct 2026 Check price opens in a new tab

Twenty one lock-on bicycle grips from one search, none of them handled here. The rubber you hold every minute you ride, and the cheapest thing on a bike to replace.

No title gives a length, and every length in the photographs is 130 to 135mm. That settles more than it seems to.

Every one is 130mm long

Length printed in the photographs	Listings
129.85 to 131mm	12
132 to 135mm	7
No length given	2

A flat handlebar has room for about 130mm of grip between the brake and gear controls and the end of the bar, if the gears change with a trigger under your thumb. A twist shifter, the ring you turn with your wrist, sits where the inner end of the grip would be, and bikes that have one usually come with a grip of about 90 to 100mm on that side. None of these is that short. Measure from the shifter to the end of the bar before you order.

One ring or two

How it clamps	Listings
One ring, at the inner end	14
A ring at both ends	7

Every grip here is lock-on: a hard plastic sleeve inside the rubber and an aluminium ring with a small hex bolt that clamps it to the bar. It does not turn in the rain and slides off when you loosen it, where a push-on grip has to be cut off. One ring is plenty for most riding. Two hold harder and put a metal edge under the outside of your hand.

Rubber, foam or leather

Most are rubber or TPR, firm and hard wearing, with a tread moulded in. Three are foam, softer, lighter and first to wear through. One is stitched PU leather. Thickness runs from about 30.5mm to 35mm across, and a bigger hand is more comfortable on the thicker end.

Nine were refused before they arrived

The dry run for lock-on grips kept thirty results, and nine carried the ODI name, a real grip maker, with its model codes, at prices nobody sells a genuine pair for. One used GP3, which is Ergon’s model name. This site’s blocklist did not know either name, and now refuses both beside a bike word, while still letting through a part sold for their grips.

Two more got in because their titles named nothing. Their photographs showed the ODI logo moulded into the grip and printed on the box, and a specification panel reading Brand odi. Both are taken out of the catalogue, along with a third whose range includes a grip printed BATMAN.

What was left out, and why

Two listings sell the winged shape as a cure for sore wrists. One listing uses another’s photographs exactly, at a higher price. A set sold as four pairs is foam, and the price is for the set. And the grip with the best specification panel on the page, the two shape ergonomic from a named maker, is one of the two that says it stops a sore wrist.

Side by side

Prices in GBP. Each row carries the date its price was read.

Product	Price	Why it is here	Where to buyLink
Best overall, and measured in front of you NPY Bicycle Handlebar Grip Shock Absorption Mountain	£6.29checked 18 Oct 2026	Single lock rubber grips with a woven tread, in eight colours, and the only listing whose photographs measure the thing: a vernier caliper reading 130.54mm along the grip and 61.02mm across two side by side, about 30.5mm each, and the pair weighing 121.8g on a kitchen scale in its bag. That is slimmer than most here, which suits a small or medium hand. Another listing uses these exact photographs for more	Check opens in a new tab
The cheapest, and it locks at both ends MOTSUV MTB Bicycle Handle Grips Dual Lock	£3.17checked 18 Oct 2026	Knurled rubber grips with an aluminium ring at each end and plugs for the bar ends, with the rings in black, red or blue. The lowest price among the picks and one of seven that clamp at both ends. Its photographs give no length, so assume the 130mm every other listing here gives, and measure your bar	Check opens in a new tab
If you want somewhere to rest your palm Bicycle Grips Lock on Rubber Handlebar Grip Durable	£8.79checked 18 Oct 2026	A winged grip that flattens out under the heel of your hand, clamped by a ring at both ends, measured at 129.85mm, in marbled colours. It is the heaviest here at 174g weighed in its box. The two other winged grips on this page sell the shape as a cure for sore wrists; this one only shows it	Check opens in a new tab

What is good

What you can settle before you buy

Lock-on is on every title and it is worth having. A lock-on grip has a hard plastic sleeve inside and an aluminium ring with a small bolt that clamps it to the bar, so it does not twist in the wet and comes off without cutting. All twenty one here are lock-on.
One ring or two. Fourteen clamp at the inner end only, next to the brake lever. Seven clamp at both ends. Two rings hold a grip harder and put a metal edge under the outside of your hand; one is plenty for a town or trail bike.
Check your bar is 22.2mm. Two titles say so and most photographs do. Almost every flat or riser handlebar is 22.2mm where the grips go. A road bike's drop bar takes tape, not grips.
Choose the feel. Most are rubber or TPR, firm and hard wearing. Three are foam, softer and lighter and the first to tear. One is stitched PU leather. Thickness runs from about 30.5 to 35mm across, and a bigger hand wants the thicker end.

What is not great

What to read twice

No title gives a length. Nineteen photographs do, and every one is 129.85 to 135mm. That fits a bike with trigger shifters. A bike with a twist shifter, the kind you turn with your wrist, usually needs a grip of about 90 to 100mm on that side, and nothing here is that short. Measure from the shifter to the end of the bar first.
Nine of thirty search results named ODI, a real grip maker. They were refused before import, and this site's blocklist now refuses them by name. Two more reached the catalogue because their titles named nothing, and their photographs showed the ODI logo on the grip and a spec panel reading Brand odi. Both are taken out, with a third that sells a design printed BATMAN.
Two sell a grip as a cure. One photograph says a winged grip reduces the risk of wrist injury and another draws a sore wrist beside a round grip. A wider grip spreads the pressure on your palm, and that is a comfort, not a treatment. Neither listing is picked.
Weights are per grip or per pair, and rarely says which. They run from about 89g to 174g, and one of those is weighed in its box.