Originally Posted by Machka

If your hands go numb, try this ...

1. Sit up fairly straight on the bicycle.
2. Drop your shoulders.
3. Move one arm behind your back in an "L" shape so that your forearm is horizontal (like as if you were signaling the presence of a parked car while riding in the UK).
4. Hold it there for a few moments while stretching your shoulders and neck (slowing tipping your head from side to side, etc.).
5. Put hand back on the handlebars then move the other arm behind your back and repeat the stretch.

When my hands go numb, I find doing that brings them back to life again. It also feels really good to do that stretch on a long ride ... relaxes the neck and shoulders.


I've also discovered that if my handlebars slope downward ... if they aren't flat on top ... my hands go numb.