Despite helmet and other safety gear, motorcyclists, cyclists, and pedestrians make up for more than half of the total road traffic fatalities worldwide. Many of these include individuals from low-income and developing countries for who motorcycles are a cost-efficient mode of transport.

Many brands, including Big Grips Less Stress, have stepped forward to make the roads safer for such people. The company is the brainchild of a motorcyclist with over 20 years of experience on the road. As such, they feel that a rider’s safety depends not only on weather and road conditions but also on good posture and functional gear.

According to a BGLS rep, “The reason we went for handlebar grips of all things was that we felt that it all boiled down to posture. A grip can be designed to increase your hold on the handlebars, but it won’t be any good if the problem lies within the rider’s body. Therefore, we manufactured it for a straighter and painless back and neck and topped it with a great grip to enable twisting, turning, speeding, and slowing down at the right time.”

The B.G.L.S is made for alleviating muscle tension and speed up slow metabolism brought on by prolonged slouching. It has elevated handlebars that encourage the rider to prop up their back and shoulders instead of pushing them down, thereby preventing damage to the cervical and chest muscles due to strain and contraction.

Describing the grip’s design, a manufacturer for the company said, “The elevated handlebars make for painless, long rides, and they don’t require an expert to be installed. In fact, they are tied down with Velcro straps, which everyone knows how to operate. The strap length can be adjusted as per the handle size to make the handle more secure and reduce reaction time when the situation calls for it. As for the grips themselves, they can fit handlebars up to 1.45 in diameter. To be perfectly honest, they’re great one-off investments.”

Loose handlebars might appear harmless, but they’ve been known to cause major accidents due to low response, leading to head-on collisions and loss of control. The introduction of Velcro straps in their design ensures that doesn’t happen. The increased grip in handlebars assists reflexes, and the only way they’d fail is in the unlikely event that the straps come loose.

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About Big Grips Less Stress
Big Grips Less Stress is a maker, marketer, and seller of motorcycle handlebar grips that was started by an experienced motorbike rider who felt it was important to make the motorcycling experience safer and accessible to all with grips and grip accessories.