Do it yourself aerobar pads?

Triathlon Forum
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anyone have any idea of materials you could make these out of?

thanks

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Several years ago I did this. Used one of those ten dollar pads that sit in front of computer keyboards. Cut to size and they worked great.

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I have made several using wetsuit material. The nice thing is that you cut as many as you want and glue them together and I used industrial size velcro tape and glue one the pad and the other on the arm rest so that way you can switch them if needed. I have a lot of material left, if you need some pm me and I will ship some to you for free!

thanks,

Stef

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if you have some of that left over that would be great!!

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I have also used mouse pad neoprine (sp) - worked great.

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Thats what I was just thinking about, re: mousepad. Seems like a pretty good idea.

p.s. I think it’s neoprene

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black pipe insulator from home depot
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Foam beer can cooler. Used for a couple years. David K

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at a TT race (cycling) last year, i saw a guy with the little hotel hand towels (ouch, a bit abrasive) duct taped around his road bars, and home made aero bars, out of I think ski poles. the sad thing was that he was fast, posted in the low 30’s for a 14mi tt.

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I used two 10 dollar bills and bought new ones.

Seriously, they’re not that expensive :slight_smile:

jaretj

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as mentioned above, beer cozy’s (spelling?) work great and you can usually get them in different colours – in case you feel the need to coordinate!

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haha i know, i just want to try some stuff out. and i dont really have the cash to spend on them right now anyway.

I have also not found a set of bar pads i like yet so i am trying some new stuff out.