SamHouston

Yoga pad material is a good choice, most are made from closed cell foam that has been dyed & textured during maufacture. It won't hold moisture and is extremely resistant to stank, will hold a shape if asked the right way but won't hold an impression forever. Some mass produced ttpads are made from crappy foams but all the ones that you'd be buying instead of making your own (reload, push, yours truly etc) are made using high quality closed cell foam.

Any foam will work but ccfoam means no stank, no moisture lingering and it'll last longer.

Shiznaz

I have a push the envelope top tube pad made of balistic nylon and I stopped using it because it would sand off the insides of my knees when I wore shorts. Now what I do is I take a little piece of whatever handlebar tape I'm using, paste it with rubber cement and then set it where I want it. Then I tape down the ends using really thin strips of electrical tape, and then cover the whole thing up with a piece of clear packing tape. Small, waterproof, looks good, matches, free, lightweight.

bikeage

if someone would make a top tupe pad with a mexico flag sewed on that would be sweet!

Shiznaz

You could make some pretty cool top tube protectors out of old belts and some waxed thread. or pretty much anything you could possibly think of securing around a tube.

SamHouston

Yah any standardized ttpads will usually be too large, Reload has a low profile option that looks particularly good on steel. The design we finally settled on after a dozen diff go at its is pretty low profile & labour intensive for a simple thing like a ttpad but we'll only make it on request with tube diameter and pad length specified, plus you have to tell me twice if you have braze ons and where or I'll **** up and presume you don't have any.

seaden

I got the yoga mat for $10 and can make probably 20 more tube pads with it if I wanted...but I don't. It's cut now but still usable since I'm not super tall.

I'm planning to make ones with robots and/or monsters on them as soon as I find some more sturdy non-fraying material that is always waterproof/durable.

FlippingHades

Closed cell foam is GREAT stuff -- and, bonus, it's fun to squish between your fingers

moki

Got damn, your bike is hot, Seadan.

FridgeRobot

f that im throwin the Puerto Rican pride on mine....when i have the time to make one

bikeage

up the latinos/latinas!