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Sanmarcopizza:
You can buy shims for lots of sizes. look on somewhere like wiggle or chain reaction. It is also possible to do a makeshift extension of the handle bars. Get a piec of wooden dowel that is a snug fit inside the bar and hammer it into place and cut to size. Use cloth tape or similar to build the thickness of the dowel out to the same thickness of the bars, then put your grips on. As long as you are not looking to extend by more than an inch the wood should hold up reasonably well as the majority of your weight is on the thumb end of your palms.

Sanmarcopizza:
Neither of the shops I mentioned above have shims for 22.2mm post, but I found some here http://www.unicycle.uk.com/shop/shopdisplayproduct.asp?catalogid=55

Peanut:
wicked, thanx guys, I'm on a tight budget with this one so the wood idea sounds just up my street!

theRuler:
i always cut my bars down.
they look better, and are easier to ride when narrower

so long as you can still fit levers on there though!

Peanut:
That's jus it, I think the last gut who had it was either a Spen or a ten year old, either way they didn't do a good job as one side is longer than the other (I'm guessing the side he had the lever on) I can't see how I'm going to fit a standard set of grips and some levers on there.

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