I got these grips for an admittedly superficial reason, which is that I have a bunch of fun oil slick accents and a subtly sparkly frame wrap on an otherwise pretty under-stated bike. The description describes these as "highlighted on either end with beautiful full aluminum oil slick clamps," but the clamps are, in fact, plastic with an oil slick coating of some sort. I've only ridden a handful of times since I put these on, no crashes, and the oil slick color is already chipping off, revealing cheap plastic underneath. The grips are also frankly not that comfortable and don't seem to be very secure on the bars. Overall, these were a waste of money and I'll be replacing them ASAP.