Trail ComfortMushroom Texture The mushroom texture gets its title by looking like the classic fins on the underside of a mushroom. Used for decades on bmx grips for its ability to absorb impacts. Each fin of a mushroom texture is evenly spaced with a gap the same width as the fin. This is important so that the fin can be compressed by the hand and flex into the space next to it. This provides a much more comfortable, compliant, shock absorbing texture compared to a knurl texture. The user of this grip could be anyone from a trail cruiser looking for maximum comfort through to big hitters looking to take the sting out of hideous rock gardens and flat landings.The monarch grip is a descendant of decades of experience of hanging on for dear life and an 18 month design development process. Over those 18 months weve surveyed over 1,000 people for their grip preferences and pet hates, tested countless grips and even set up our own internal 3d printing and casting workshop to rapidly tes