Handlebar straps are strips that are wrapped around the handlebars to provide greater comfort when riding bicycles, improve grip and avoid contact with the metal, they are an essential component of the bicycle to have a good control of the bike, ideally facilitate perspiration and therefore avoid sweating of the hands.

Handlebar straps can be used both with bare hands and with cycling gloves, as in both cases they prevent the hands from slipping on the metal surface of the handlebars, and they also provide the cyclist with a certain degree of cushioning that makes riding a bicycle more comfortable. Handlebar straps are usually attached to the handlebars with adhesive lines