Originally Posted by
roadsnakes
About 50 years ago I damaged some nerves after a all day long ride on a Schwinn Continental .
Since then I have wear gloves.
I don`t have too much of problem when I ride my road bike with drop handle bars, but my crossover bike basically has just the straight bar.
Without any way to change hand positions, I get an almost electric shock type pain if I hit a bump wrong.
That sounds like a very specific medical issue that will only be mitigated/alleviated by very specifically preventing direct impacts to a specific area of the hands (nerve endings). Whatever solution you devise should probably look to use the non-sensitive parts of your hands (palms) for support, while taking all pressure and chance for impacts (bumps) off the parts that are sensitive.