source of foam for leg straps?

[pchapman 279]

Anyone got a source of foam for adding to leg straps where the old foam is worn out?

Sigma tandems, and I think recent Vector III's have really nice thick padding that retains its springiness a long time. Unlike, say, the padding in old Vector II's that gets compressed to nothing. The Sigma stuff is 1/4" or so of closed cell white foam.

I once found something similar, but about 1/8" thick, which worked well for retrofitting.

I thought it was something used as a flooring underlay, but can't find anything like it now. Flooring stores either have very thin foams that compress easily, or foams that are too thick -- Like 3/8" to 1/2" for carpet underlay. I've seen people using foam from camping mattress pads, but again that's getting pretty thick.

So I'm wondering what type of store or industry might have 1/8" to 1/4" foams, that one can buy in retail quantities.

[JerryBaumchen 1,441]

Hi pchapman,

You can get the SPACER from Gehring Textiles. They have it in different thicknesses. Just Google them and you should get their website.

If that doesn't work, send me an email.

Jerry

[Jeffrey 1]

Good for small quantities of Volara foam at a very reasonable price.

http://www.thefoamfactory.com/

http://www.closedcellfoams.com/volara.html

Jeff