A handle assembly for a spinning reel configured to be mounted onto a drive gear shaft that is rotationally supported on the main body of a spinning reel, the handle assembly comprising: a shaft member made of metal having a threaded portion disposed at one end for screwing to the drive gear shaft and a coupling portion disposed at the other end; a handle arm made of metal having a connected portion for coupling to the coupling portion of the shaft member while being able to be pivoted around a radial axis of the shaft member, wherein the handle arm has a first annular surface formed orthogonally to the shaft member; a handle grip attached to the handle arm while being rotatable around an axis that is parallel to a rotational axis of the shaft member; a first tubular member made of metal that has a first pipe portion disposed on an outer circumferential side of the shaft member which is capable of making contact with the handle arm, wherein the first pipe portion has a second annular surface that makes contact with the first annular surface, and a second pipe portion that is integrally formed to the first pipe portion, which has a smaller diameter than that of the first pipe portion, and is capable of making contact with the drive gear shaft, characterized in that the handle assembly further comprises a second tubular member which is made of a metal with a lower rigidity than that of the first tubular member, and the second tubular member has a first end that is far from the reel main body that is supported at a portion between the first pipe portion and the second pipe portion of the first tubular member and a second end that is near the reel main body, and further the second tubular member is disposed on an outer circumferential side of the second pipe portion and extends from the first end towards the second end; wherein the first annular surface is formed radially outward of the connected portion, and the coupling portion and the connected portion are disposed radially inward of the first annular surface and the second annular surface. a shaft member made of metal having a threaded portion disposed at one end for screwing to the drive gear shaft and a coupling portion disposed at the other end; a handle arm made of metal having a connected portion for coupling to the coupling portion of the shaft member while being able to be pivoted around a radial axis of the shaft member, wherein the handle arm has a first annular surface formed orthogonally to the shaft member; a handle grip attached to the handle arm while being rotatable around an axis that is parallel to a rotational axis of the shaft member; a first tubular member made of metal that has a first pipe portion disposed on an outer circumferential side of the shaft member which is capable of making contact with the handle arm, wherein the first pipe portion has a second annular surface that makes contact with the first annular surface, and a second pipe portion that is integrally formed to the first pipe portion, which has a smaller diameter than that of the first pipe portion, and is capable of making contact with the drive gear shaft, characterized in that the handle assembly further comprises a second tubular member which is made of a metal with a lower rigidity than that of the first tubular member, and the second tubular member has a first end that is far from the reel main body that is supported at a portion between the first pipe portion and the second pipe portion of the first tubular member and a second end that is near the reel main body, and further the second tubular member is disposed on an outer circumferential side of the second pipe portion and extends from the first end towards the second end; wherein the first annular surface is formed radially outward of the connected portion, and the coupling portion and the connected portion are disposed radially inward of the first annular surface and the second annular surface.