Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
One of the most important bits from Danno's post that tends to get overlooked in favor of his thoughts on hand positioning is to keep those elbows unlocked and loose. Your hands should be light enough on the bars that they don't need any padding to keep from going numb, and padding can actually encourage you to leave your hands in one position for too long.
I agree with keeping the elbows unlocked and loose, although I did find that thick gel gloves did help in my case (I was very conscientiously varying my hand positions to help alleviate the problem).