I’ve been sitting in front of my computer for the last couple days working on my taxes and all of last years accounting (and I now regret throwing all my receipts into a box in complete random order). Its all driving me a little bonkers. 

Today my new little dog, Monty, who by the way is still quite a dingus, decided to chew up a box of matches. Not sure how toxic it must be to eat matches, but he seems to be doing ok. 

In fact he seems to be doing better then ok. After weeks of training and working with him to no avail, today he suddenly understood the game of fetch and repeatedly retrieved his ball. I’m amazed. I guess the moral of the story is that if you are ever having trouble learning something try eating some matches. Preferably lit ones. 

Molded rubber dinosaur.

One of the things that never gets finished on my list of things to do is designing a signature grip for Odyssey. Its really quite a honor so if I ever do a grip I really want it to be something good and original. The problem is that it seems like every grip design has been done to death. The truth is, grips never feel good till they break in a bit and in the end, it doesn’t really matter what the tread design in the beginning is anyway. So, I’ve been trying to think of some new cool and very original ideas. I’m pretty sure that through the rubber molding process we can really do anything (like the dino above). I have a few ideas below if you can imagine them molded in rubber. 

I think that beer is pretty cool these days. I’m sure there are loads of riders who are more comfortable with their hands around beer bottles then BMX grips anyway. 

I helped design the Roscoe signature shoe so I was thinking maybe a Roscoe grip would be a hit. He’d look pretty tough clamped on to your bars. 

Hotdog/ Veggiedawg grip? 

Not sure how functional this would be, but I think coffee addicts like most of my friends would be really into this large oversized grip design. Obviously we would make “TEA” version for the Uk. This is probably more a beach cruiser style grip though, huh?

I’m feeling lazy with the illustrations so you’ll have to use your imagination here. This is a large human ear shaped flange with a cue-tip sticking out of it. We might even be able to do a dual compound grip with a soft cotton swab on the end to prevent injuries or damage to skateparks. 

I’m always drawing little animals holding signs so why not mold one into the flange. Other then that it would be a pretty traditional grip. 

I know this computer mouse grip will be a huge hit. There are so many “hardcore” bmxers who are way more used to the feel of a computer mouse then actual riding grips. 

So anyway, I need some help with grips designs. Can you guys think of any? (And I already thought about the big veiny erect penis grip…. you can have that design for when you do your signature grip).