Originally Posted by here and there
I've tried albatross bars, dove bars and most recently north road bars. I love the way they look, but I could never get comfortable on any of them. Surprisingly, the north road bars were the worst. Not only did I get wrist pain, but forearm and shoulder pain.
On trekking bars I couldn't get comfortable, except for the part of the handlebars that are closest to me and even most bar ends are uncomfortable to grip. Though they lack a lot of hand positions, my hands seems to be happiest with some riser bars I put on the bike that have a 20 or 25 degree sweep.
Between my husband and I, we have wrist (prosthetic carpal implant) and shoulder (titanium implant) issues and we are shopping for our first (in many years) bike. Being total newbies to all this bike lingo, what is a "20 or 25 degree sweep"?
Thanks much,
Yen (aka Jen)