Bill Piche Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 Trivia question: Why are the IM handles striped? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 They are not. The knurler just missed some spots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AP Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 cuts down on wind resistance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don of tha new grip Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 Is it the same reason the beefbuilders/PDA gripper have holes in the handles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 Because Strossen admires zebras and does not like dalmatians. Also it makes tham look different to Tetting grippers and those of PDA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bender Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 They make the gripper look thinner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentDude Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 sneaky little trolls come in while there being made and put the stripes on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wsm_fan_uk Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 Because the machine that puts the knurling in only knurls 2 inches or so at a time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 Because the machine that puts the knurling in only knurls 2 inches or so at a time? If that were the case, should there not be just an unknurled area rather than a groove? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2strong Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 1. Because of the same reason Olympic bars have stripes... It's a reference point ( makes it easier to position the hands ) ? 2. The stripe also mark the center point of the gripper ? 3. It looks nice ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryduty Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 The stripe area was originally intended as a recipient of text that was then scribed into this band - later that text deployment ceased leaving just the plain band or stripe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybersnott Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 terryduty, How do you know this? A secret "hush-hush" meeting with Strossen that we don't know about?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omillar Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 The grippers that I just got have "Captains of Crush ®" engraved in the stripe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bseedot Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 The raw material saved by having that stripe allows for every 142nd gripper made to be a 'freebie'. BC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AP Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 So that they would'nt be confused by the ones made by warren tetting. Warren's wind resistance grooves are those holes that are part of the post mounting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryduty Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 Sybersnott, you know that every time I've spoken to Strossen, it's always been a 3-way call with you as that third participant! Actually, I think that I read about the "text in the stripe" somewhere but, a "senior moment" is keeping me from recalling where right now! When (If?) I recall where, I'll post the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 Strossen lives in California. The knurling is gnarly, and the stripe is groovy. There you have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opnsysme Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 OldGuy don't you live in California too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 I am A Floridian Limey. An Englishman who has lived 23 years in Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybersnott Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 An Englishman who has lived 23 years in Florida. Sounds like the perfect idea for a sit-com!! I'll haffta tweak it however, and add that a long lost relative (uh, ya know... a character like ME! )... comes to visit and to reek havoc in your life!! Oh, that would be funny!! I'll work on a script right now! I'll submit it to FOX first, then maybe NBC.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landon Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 Whats the answer wanna ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted September 14, 2003 Author Share Posted September 14, 2003 I never said I had the answer. BWAH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landon Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 thats going to semi-bother me now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omillar Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 Do all the others really have no text in the stripes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybersnott Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 If I order the grippers NOW... I'd like that text in the stripe (because it dates the gripper). If I do order the now, and I don't get that text there - I won't be very happy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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