An object of the present disclosure is to provide a rubber composition which comprises a hydrogenated carboxy-modified
acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber as a base rubber and from which a crosslinked rubber having excellent
mechanical strength and a great
friction coefficient is obtained even if the rubber composition is vulcanized at a high temperature. The present disclosure provides a grip rubber composition comprising a base rubber, a vulcanizing agent and a
vulcanization accelerator, wherein the base rubber contains a hydrogenated carboxy-modified
acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, the rubber composition comprises a thiuram based
vulcanization accelerator in an amount of 4 parts by
mass or more, a
sulfenamide based
vulcanization accelerator in an amount of 0.3 part by
mass or more, and a
thiourea based vulcanization accelerator in an amount of 0.1 part by
mass or more with respect to 100 parts by mass of the base rubber, and a crosslinked rubber obtained by curing the rubber composition at a vulcanizing temperature of 185° C. has a loss coefficient (tan δ) and a complex
elastic modulus (E*) (MPa) at a temperature of 25° C. in a ratio (tan δ / E*)
ranging from 0.027 to 0.052, wherein the loss coefficient (tan δ) and the complex
elastic modulus (E*) (MPa) at the temperature of 25° C. are measured with a
dynamic viscoelasticity measuring apparatus (an oscillation frequency: 10 Hz, a strain amplitude: 0.05%, and a tensile mode).