Originally Posted by
chipcom
Your weight should be evenly distributed between legs, butt and hands. You are supporting too much weight with your hands. Most likely your saddle position is causing you to slide forward, putting more pressure on your hands. I know it seems counter-intuitive, but perhaps you shortened things up too much when you swapped stems?
Interesting thought. That would be cheap to try. Free to put the old stem back on, or cheap for another stem.
Thanks for the ideas folks!