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A study in bicycle grips

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Jesse McCauley

McCauley Cycle Works
One of the most delicate and oft overlooked subtleties of the ca. 1900 US bicycle tradition can be found at either end of the handlebar.

I thought a thread dedicated to original adverts and excellent survivor examples of grips was overdue.

I will start with a group of adverts from the window of 1895 - 1917 or thereabouts

1896 Truslow & Co grips.jpg


1897 Boggs grip.jpg


1897 Fiber Buckskin Grips.png


1897 Hartley and Graham Pearl Grips and Sundries.jpg


1897 Lend Pneumatic Grip.png


1897 LM Jones Cork and Corkine grips.jpg


1897 Merry Pneumatic Grip.png


1901 Hartford Rubber Grips.jpg


1917 Liberty Grips.jpg


Codling Composite Cork Grip.png


McCready's Cork Handle Grips.jpg


Warren Grip Worcester MA.jpg


Felt Bicycle Grips.jpg


Corn Cob Grips.png
 
One of the most delicate and oft overlooked subtleties of the ca. 1900 US bicycle tradition can be found at either end of the handlebar.

I thought a thread dedicated to original adverts and excellent survivor examples of grips was overdue.

I will start with a group of adverts from the window of 1895 - 1917 or thereabouts

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Loving the inflatable versions.
 
Jesse this thread will also be a great reference to identify unknown grips someone may have, Thanks ( I have none that early). I do have some from the 40s - 60s, Are they to new for this thread?
I am not opposed to that, if folks would like to expand the date range we can have the thread moved to general discussion.
Another option would be another 'study' thread over in the ballooner category. No worries on my end either way.
 
🧐I am not opposed to that, if folks would like to expand the date range we can have the thread moved to general discussion.
Another option would be another 'study' thread over in the ballooner category. No worries on my end either way.
There are already two grip threads in the general section. It would seem a pre-1933 and separate post 1933 threads are in order.
Why not stick to your pre-1917 (or 1933) focus mentioned above so the thread isn’t polluted with Snoopy, gnome, tiger, and penis head grips as the other is in the general section?
 
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Here's a great page from ca. 1918 that shows a nice wide range of grips whose design spans decades into the past and future from this point.

Worth reading the descriptions closely, the "Bull Dog" grips make mention that the "shape affords a Bull Dog Grip which is of great assistance to hill climbing"

1918 Diamond Catalog Grips.jpg
 
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