Cannondale Trailshroom grips review

Cannondale’s Trailshroom grips are grippy in dry weather, with the underside hexagonal pattern providing good traction for your fingertips.

Although the wide inside clamp secures the grip well, it can irritate your hand when changing gear or charging through gnarly terrain.

The Trailshroom grips feature varying grip textures, with the top using a ribbed mushroom pattern and the underside a hexagonal honeycomb design, which the brand says aids all-weather grip.

A single inside collar clamp is used to keep the Trailshroom attached to the handlebar and is tightened using a 3mm Allen key bolt.

The rubber of the grip extends from the clamp and encompasses the built-in bar end on the outside of the grip.

Measuring 137mm from end to end, with a diameter of 31mm, the Trailshrooms weighed in at 98g on our scales.

The grips are available in four colourways, with most featuring a marbled effect.

Cannondale Trailshroom performance

Installing the CannondaleTrailshroom grips is an easy affair, with the single clamp saving time when compared to a dual-clamp design.

The clamp tightens easily, creating solid contact with the bar and removing any doubts about the grips slipping, even on the wettest days.

I found the protruding angular side of the clamp caused discomfort to the inside of my thumbs when readjusting my hand position from shifting gear and when throttling the grips through exceptionally bumpy parts of the trail.

Other grips use a flange or tapered design up to the clamp to avoid this, but its omission on the Trailshrooms was apparent.

Under closer inspection, removing the clamp and turning it around exposes a more hand-friendly feel to the grips because the outer side of the clamp has a more chamfered design. However, this is not how Cannondale intends the grips to be used, so I can’t say if it reduces their contact to the bars.

The ribbed mushroom pattern on top of the bar provides good lateral grip in even the muddiest conditions, although I found the rotational grip lacking with sweaty and wet palms.

The grip on the underside provides some remedy to this, with the horizontal lines of protruding hexagons enabling my fingers to find purchase.

Cannondale’s mushroom pattern provides bulk-free cushioning that keeps the grips feeling comfortable for long durations.

Cannondale Trailshroom bottom line

Cannondale’s Trailshroom grips are suitably grippy for all-year riding, with plenty of cushioning keeping them comfortable on longer days in the saddle.

They aren’t without flaws, with the angular design of the clamp seeming poorly conceived and causing discomfort.