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Cutting poles

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-RB-
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Does anyone have any experience with cutting poles to shorten them up? How did you get the grip off? No wrong answers, thanks.
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qc_riders
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just takes ouf he grip with your hands... its diffecult put it will maybe work
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qc_ridersjust takes ouf he grip with your hands... its diffecult put it will maybe work


I tried, wouldn't come off
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gnar_whal
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put the grip in hot water for a few minutes then try
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stupendous-man
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cut them below the grips and put bike grips on instead. pole straps are overrated.

or put them in a vice and use channel locks to twist the grips off. cannot guarantee you wont crush your pole (ouch) using this method.
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stupendous-mancut them below the grips and put bike grips on instead. pole straps are overrated.

or put them in a vice and use channel locks to twist the grips off. cannot guarantee you wont crush your pole (ouch) using this method.


I was really considering going the bike grip path, I'll look around for some that would fit, thanks!
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stupendous-mancut them below the grips and put bike grips on instead. pole straps are overrated.

or put them in a vice and use channel locks to twist the grips off. cannot guarantee you wont crush your pole (ouch) using this method.


I was really considering going the bike grip path, I'll look around for some that would fit, thanks!
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You need to heat them with either a heat gun or a pot of hot water to get them off.
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stupendous-man
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~~~~~~~~You need to heat them with either a heat gun or a pot of hot water to get them off.


shit i forgot about this. it really does work, just heat a big pot of water and leave the pole grips in there for 10-15 minutes and they will come off easily.
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shin-bang
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i used to be in your situation. what works the best is if you get a hot bucket of water( as hot as it will come out of your tap) and let the grips sit in there for 2 to 3 minutes. youll see a white substance start to disperse through the water. that is the glue warming up and coming off. after about 3 minutes, youll be able to slide the grips off fairly easily. and when youre putting the grips back on they usually dont need glue unless its a loose fit. ive used mine for a while without gluing them back on and have had no issues.
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a_shaky_gifi used to be in your situation. what works the best is if you get a hot bucket of water( as hot as it will come out of your tap) and let the grips sit in there for 2 to 3 minutes. youll see a white substance start to disperse through the water. that is the glue warming up and coming off. after about 3 minutes, youll be able to slide the grips off fairly easily. and when youre putting the grips back on they usually dont need glue unless its a loose fit. ive used mine for a while without gluing them back on and have had no issues.

Word, Thanks! +k to all who contributed
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DrZoidberg
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Here's how I did bike grips. I have skinny composite poles. So I put some rather papery, porous tape around the pole, saturated it with epoxy, then put the grip over that. Tape it at such a diameter that it's a tight fit, and the resin will ensure it stays on.



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DrZoidberg
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And apparently the images didn't work.
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Just_Huck_1t
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Boil some water and hold the grips in there for about a minute should slide off easily, but make sure there isn't a screw holding your grips on. Use a hack saw to cut them, putting the grips on might be hard so you might have to heat them up again to get them on all the way. Good Luck
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Laurent.
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Getting grips off: Heat gun, sister's hairdryer, pot of boiling water, vice, Black & Dekker Workmate, etc...

Chopping off excess pole length: pipe cutter (clean and perfectly straight), hacksaw, angle grinder, mitre saw, plasma cutter, lathe, etc...

It's not hard.
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