Thread: Hands go numb?
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Old 09-22-10 | 10:00 AM
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Bikes: 2 LeMond road bikes and a Cannondale MTB

Originally Posted by waterrockets
Maybe larger gloves.

One thing that I know will help: generate more power. Your weight is distributed over three (five) points: feet, butt, hands. If you increase the load on your feet, your butt and hands suddenly get a lot more comfortable.

On my road bike, my position is quite aggressive, but I am completely comfortable on training rides and during races, because I spend so much time generating a decent amount of power. If I go on a 30 minute ride with my kids, where I average 30-50W, my hands and butt are killing me by the time we get back.
+1 One of the mose painful rides I ever did was the "Ride of Silence"
http://www.rideofsilence.org/main.php
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