just looking for good ideas on how to get my aero bars on to a tapered 31.8 handlebar. Bar tapers off before the clamp can get around fully. Im sure someone has done this or something similar, right?
Not looking to just use new bars.
thx
by 5amue1s
just looking for good ideas on how to get my aero bars on to a tapered 31.8 handlebar. Bar tapers off before the clamp can get around fully. Im sure someone has done this or something similar, right?
Not looking to just use new bars.
thx
by 5amue1s
7 Comments
The solution is a different handle bar, whether you like it or not.
Hopping on your thread for a opposite question, I have retro profile design 22.2(?) aero bars I’m curious if it’s possible to adapt to 31.8 or find flat or drop bars with a 22.2 portion close enough, I bet alt riser bars aren’t structurally strong enough on the narrow part.
Once I needed a shim for a seat post. Soda can cut into a strip and rolled around a seatpost worked. Not sure how safe it would be for these bars.
beer can or part of an old tube are probably upper best bet. you’ll have to decide whether you trust that setup or not
inner tube scrap
I’ve wrapped bars very tightly in vinyl tape before. This way you don’t have to be perfectly size-on, and the tape will slightly deform when squeezed for the best grip. Once it’s been there through a summer it dries a bit and hardens so won’t go anywhere.
A bit of an old inner tube always works well, can take the compression and doesn’t slip.