Where can I buy rubber shims?

Does anyone know where I can buy rubber shims for handlebar mounted
items? I haven't been able to find anything searching the internet.

Joseph Shraibman wrote:
Does anyone know where I can buy rubber shims for handlebar mounted
items? I haven't been able to find anything searching the internet.
Many of us use old innertubes (cut to a suitable size).


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"Colin Nelson" wrote in news:awEGn.30521
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Joseph Shraibman wrote:
Does anyone know where I can buy rubber shims for handlebar mounted
items? I haven't been able to find anything searching the internet.
Many of us use old innertubes (cut to a suitable size).



Yep, old innertubes - keep 'em - they come in handy!

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.

On 12/05/10 10:02 AM, Joseph Shraibman wrote:
Does anyone know where I can buy rubber shims for handlebar mounted
items? I haven't been able to find anything searching the internet.

Some hardware stores sell rubber, in various thicknesses, by the foot.
the large old-style rubber patches for tires can be purchased from
"http://www.harborfreight.com/56-piece-radial-tire-patch-kit-97215.html"
and has some large enough pieces to cut for shims.

You could also buy a thornproof bicycle tube and get shims thick enough
to be useful. A regular tube is too thin unless you make a long shim and
wrap it around several times.

On May 12, 9:51*pm, SMS wrote:


You could also buy a thornproof bicycle tube and get shims thick enough
to be useful

I always thought a thornproof tube was an imaginary product, like
plaid paint.

SMS wrote:

You could also buy a thornproof bicycle tube and get shims thick enough
to be useful. A regular tube is too thin unless you make a long shim and
wrap it around several times.

Which has never been a problem for me, I just start and end with a bit
of electrical tape. Many bike accessories come with more than one shim,
so by this time, I have a bunch of them (and various clamps and
brackets), but frequently none are the thickness I need, multiple wraps
have always worked, even to shim a seat stay for a saddle post bracket.