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Professional Background | Road Motorcycles | Dirt Bikes | MTB Stabilizer
MTB Grips | Road Grips | Hand Off
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 Gary Stewart
CEO & Founder
ESI (Extreme Steering, Inc.)
- Placed 7th in his Sport Class at the 2008 Fontana Nationals -
ESI was created because of Gary’s need to always go faster, whether it is a car, motorcycle, dirt bike, or riding a bicycle. Gary doesn’t know the meaning of slow down!
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27 years in Aerospace
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Started in the 1970s as a machinist running conventional machines
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Worked his way up to Designing, Building and Operating an Aerospace Tooling Division
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Can program and operate all CNC machines in the field; Lathes / Wire EDM / Mills / ID OD Grinders / Saws / etc…
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Designed and built all machine fixtures in his division
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Patent in Aerospace; Finalized in 1997 for a proprietary Aerospace Fastener Design
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Riding since 21 years old
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2 years of racing
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Raced a Yamaha 2 stroke Road Racing Motorcycle
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Raced at Willow Springs, CA
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Used a Linear stabilizer – 2 units on one bike
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Benefits of the Stabilizer - Eliminated high speed wobble and increased cornering stability
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Stopped racing in 1990 and started pursuing mountain biking
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Riding bicycles since 5 years old
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Rode to school on a unicycle and bike (Not at the same time)
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Racing from 1995 to present
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Races in California; State / Am-Cup / Rim Nordic / Southridge / Sea Otter and as many Nationals as he can.
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Started inventing the Stabilizer in 1991
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Intent of the Stabilizer; to bring the technology from racing motorcycles for speed and cornering stability into mountain biking
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Testing of the Stabilizer included riding a mountain bike with knobby tires in a tuck behind a Semi reaching speeds of almost 50mph on the 15 fwy going down Cajon Pass. (Yes it is legal but not recommended)
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Started ESI in 1999 - Stabilizer Patent finalized in 2002
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Stabilizer is currently off the market and back in the Proto-Type stages with an all new design.
While prototyping the Stabilizer I spent numerous hours on my MTB, off road/road. Whenever and wherever I could ride I did. By the time the Stabilizer was perfected for the market my hands and arms were killing me. So my next project started, MTB Grips. |
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Photo by Terry Martin |
| Photo from the 2008 Fontana Nationals - Gary placed 7th in his Sport Class |
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While working in Aerospace I ran across a material on an application that I was working on. It was perfect. Non-porous, withstands severe temperatures and climates. Any condition you could throw at it nothing effected it and you get extreme shock absorption. I had to have that on my bars. So started my next mission to design the perfect mountain bike grip made of 100% Silicone! Click here for detailed ESI MTB Grip Info |
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"Unwrapped" Refuse to be Unraveled!
ESI 100% Silicone Road Bike Grips - Great for: Road / Cyclocross / TT bars / Aero Bars / Bull Horn Bars / etc.. ESI Road Grips were created because of the constant hounding by the MTB racers ESI sponsors. Many MTB riders cross train on road bikes and would continually ask me to come out with road grips. I believe you can’t make a superior product unless you actually use that product so I went out and got myself a road bike. After a year of testing not only did I come out with superior road grips but I love cross training on my road bike, and thanks to my friend Terry Martin I am doing Triathlons when I am not racing Mountain Bikes.
“Unwrapped” refuse to be unraveled! The name describes the grips. These grips do not unravel, soak up sweat or get stinky, they are also washable and shock absorbing. ESI’s Road grips “Unwrapped” are the only thing on my road bike that absorbs the shock of the road. |
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Photo by Terry Martin |
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Click here for detailed ESI Road Grip Info |
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ESI's newest Product - The "Hand Off" |
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Hand Off was invented because I race XC Sport and was tired of Hydration Packs. When there was no one to hand me a water bottle, I found my times slowed as much as 30 seconds a lap. Hand Off eliminates grabbing it off a log, rock or the ground.
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ESI’s Hand Off is created for racers doing more then one lap that do not have access to a “pit crew” but want to use a water bottle.
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Designed to let a racer grab their water bottle at speed.
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Holds any standard size water bottle.
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Made in the USA
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MSRP $45.00
 
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Hand Off is available at Sea Otter!
Come see us at Booth # 250
Free ESI water bottle with purchase of "Hand Off" |
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