Oury Grips are crazy soft, not that expensive, and they come in great colors. The only thing that is kind of a drag is that they show the dirt, but that is the price you will happily pay for riding with the newer Limited Edition pastel colors including Soft Green (kind of a pale Celeste green), Soft Blue (like a Baby Blue), and Khaki Brown. We just got the Limited Edition colors in the shop, so if you are trying to match a Velocity Deep V Sea Green rim, the Oury Soft Green grips are a match. The Khaki Brown begs to be mated to a white track frame and a worn honey Brooks leather saddle.
Oury Grips are incredibly comfortable, and they add a welcomed splash of color. The padding on the grips will stop the fillings in your teeth from rattling. You may wear them down like pencil erasers if you are riding your fixie a million miles a week, but they are one of the few handle bar grips that you won't notice. They are squishy and delightful, and they don't leave a dark rubbery residue on your mitts.
Suggestion: If your track bars are transmitting a crazy amount of road vibration to your palms and wrists, you can cut off the closed ends of the Oury grips with a razor to make two Oury "tubes". Apply some hair spray to the inside of the Oury tubes and gently work them up from the bar drops to the top portion of your bars. Make sure to center the Oury logo, either toward you or away from you. Remember: Pay attention to the details, so your bike doesn't look as if you were brought up by wolves. (Jump to see a list of colors)
Photos by Wheelgirl. Soft Green and Soft Blue aren't easy to distinguish on the computer monitor. But the colors do look pretty different in natural sun light.
Click on the photo to see a list and sample swatches of grip colors:
(Photo lifted from the Oury Site.)
