Peaty's Monarch - grips for the most demanding riders

The mushroom texture gets its title by looking like the classic fins on the underside of a mushroom. Used for decades on BMX grips for its ability to absorb impacts. Each fin of a mushroom texture is evenly spaced with a gap the same width as the fin. This is important so the fin can be compressed by the hand and flexed into the space next to it. The user of this grip could be anyone from a trail cruiser looking for Maximum comfort to big hitters looking to take the sting out of hideous rock gardens and flat landings.

People come in all shapes and sizes—and so do their hands—so having a one-size-fits-all approach to grip diameter is almost as crazy as offering a one-size-fits-all glove. Our thin grip has a 30mm diameter on the inside and 32mm on the outside, and our thick grip has a 32mm diameter on the inside and 34mm outside. This makes the thick grip an ideal diameter for people with larger hands and adds an extra 2mm of impact-dampening rubber compared to the thin.

Your thumb is the only part of your hand that grips the rear side of the grip. This means every rock, drop, root or rail can result in a minor impact and rub between your thumb and grip, leading to hot spots and blisters on the inside of your thumb (particularly the metacarpal bone/knuckle). Our comfort thumb pad extends further out from the grip diameter to provide more support and cushioning to your thumb and help reduce the risk of blisters. Its shape has been finely tuned to find a sweet spot in size and location to cater optimally for small hands, shovel hands and riders who prefer to position their hands on the inside or outside of the grip while riding. 

Cornering forces naturally cause your thumb to shift left and right, which causes the straight fins of a mushroom texture to collapse side to side. This can not only create a distracting ‘clicking’ feeling under your thumb but also compromises the level of cushioning and blister protection - enter the zigzag! Like corrugation in a tin roof, adding corners to a mushroom fin creates additional support - the tighter the zigzag, the more solid the thumb pad becomes. Rest assured; we’ve agonised over the angles and measurements of our thumbpad texture to give you the best thumb support and cushioning possible. 

Our half flange is the perfect size to provide an internal bump stop for your hands and provide a cover for the hard-edged clamp bolt when thumb shifting. This is most useful for riders who tend to position their hands towards the inside grip while riding (innies). The small bump (or ‘pinky ramp’) on the end of the grip provides you with some subtle feedback and reassurance that your hands are at the edge of the bar while riding the rough stuff. In wet conditions, at the end of a long race run, this subtle bump could also be the difference between your hand staying planted on the grip in an unexpected impact and unintentionally blowing off the end of the bar! The pinky ramp is most useful for riders who tend to position their hands towards the outside of the grip while riding (outies). 

The pinky ramp also provides some additional comfort for those who hang their hands off the edges of the bar when climbing or some additional thickness and protection to the grip when dropped on the floor or scuffed down the side of a car.