City Grips Sew-on Leather Grips

Experience both luxury and performance on your handlebars with old-fashioned vegetable-tanned leather grips. Durable in the elements, warm to the touch, and grippier when wet, our natural leather is a performance material with a beautiful look. 

Like our other easy to sew on products, the City Grips come as a kit that you stitch on yourself with pre-punched stitching holes, needle, thread, and instructions. 

The natural oils in your hands burnish  our high-quality American leather into a glossy patina that will last you a lifetime. You get to keep the patina you've earned: you can transfer it from bike to bike, and over the years it will only get more beautiful with use and time.

Fits standard flat handlebars with a 0.875" (7/8") diameter (approximately 22mm).

MORE PRODUCT INFO ON OUR BLOG

• How to Finish Bar Wraps with Natural Twine, Hemp, or Thread
• How to DIY Leather Bicycle Wraps on Anything
• How to Install with Flush Ends
• Stitch Patterns for Sew-on Bar Wraps
• Customer Tip: an alternate way to install our City Grips
• Bar Plug Options for Leather Handlebar Wraps

HANDLEBAR WRAPS FAQ

Need help deciding which pair of bar wraps to get? Other handlebar questions? Check out our FAQ specific to Bicycle Handlebar Wraps. 

MONOGRAMMING

Yes! This item can be monogrammed with up to 4 characters using our 1/2" font set. Monogramming can add 2-3 days to the turnaround time. Monogram placement is shown in the last photo. Learn more about monograms.

SPARE PARTS

Our high quality leather can be uninstalled from one set of handlebars and re-installed on a new set. Replacement stitch kits, double-sided tape, and leather care dressing available in our Parts section. 

LEATHER COLORS

Honey, Dark Brown, Black 

THREAD COLORS

White, Dark Brown, Black 

MATERIALS

Vegetable-tanned leather, waxed thread

DIMENSIONS

Fits 0.875" (7/8" ~ 22mm) diameter city bicycle handlebars x 5.5" (140mm) long. Cuts to length easily with an exacto blade or scissors.

KIT CONTENTS

Included in each purchase is two grips, a stitch kit containing needle, thread, and instructions. Bar plugs not included, read more in our Bar plugs not included. For more complex two-needle stitch patterns, you'll need to order extra needle and thread with an extra Stitch Kit.

INSTALLATION

Watch a how-to video on our Vimeo channel: https://vimeo.com/walnutstudiolo/citygrips

LEATHER CARE

Read our leather care recommendations.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Credit to Erin Berzel Photography and Austin Goodman. Installation photo collage by customer Kelly Shaeffer.