Handlebar shock absorber

A bicycle handlebar shock absorber for use with a support bracket for the handlebar of a bicycle, said support bracket comprising a head, a hollow support post extending downward from said head for attaching said support bracket to said bicycle, a support stem extending outward from said head, said support stem further comprising a mounting clamp extending from the free end thereof for receiving the handlebar of said bicycle in a manner which allows rotational and lateral, but substantially no radial movement of said handlebar, within said clamp, and said support bracket further comprising a bolt removably inserted through said head into the interior of said support post for fixedly attaching said support bracket to said bicycles, and said shock absorber for said bicycle handlebar comprising a curved flexible strip member producing torsional spring action, and having at one end a first mounting means for fixedly attaching said flexible strip member to said bracket head, and having at its other end a second mounting means for fixedly securing said other end of said flexible strip member to said handlebar at positions adjacent to either side of said mounting clamp such that the lateral movement of said handlebar allowed by said clamp is prevented by said second mounting means and the rotational movement allowed by said clamp is dampened by said spring action of said flexible strip member extending between said handlebar and said support bracket head.