The ones I used and still use are "Footprints". That's the name of the firm that made tehm.
I found rather good set of self adjusting grips made in NZ. As the salesman said "they have to be simple - we sell them in Australia"
Does anyone know what these grips are called?
Jan 11, 2019
Last reply: 7 years ago
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Thanks, all. It turns out it was these
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But they've been replaced by a newer model.
Sorry, yes Footprints - they used to have an outline of a footprint stamped upon them..
Ah well I was going to suggest these:
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Velocettes had a square shaft.
Seems pretty safe to me. Certainly better than setting the throttle to, say, 1000 rpm and using the advance/retard lever for finer control.
Closely related: carver clamp.
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Of course. I was in Brighton a few times last year and ended up having an interesting conversation with two of the staff. I still have some tools I bought there 52 years ago.
Seems dependable, but how do you make adjustments to the angle? Or do you just hope your ankle bends at the correct angle? :-)
The way I fitted it, you had to push it forward to open the throttle. A bit counter-intuitive.
I remember we were trying to teach a girl to ride. She couldn't get used to the idea that you twisted it back to speed up, and let it go forward to slow down. So she'd pull it back to try to slow down, and usually ended up accelerating into a hedge, or something. She got the hang of it eventually, though.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Commonly called water pump pliers -
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That's a different animal entirely. No mole grip action with those.
I've always called them "Gordon's" and have had them for at least 50 years.
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