Originally Posted by
Blindrage
Just wanted to thank everyone for all the input. I guess this puts me back to square one a bit. I had set on the mountain bike just because my old bike was a hardtail mountain bike and one of my complaints with it was the impact to my wrists and rear when I had to hit curbs or even small bumps.
You may simply br gripping the bars too hard. It's counterintuitive, but loosen up your grip a bit when ogign over curbs, broken pafement, rocks, etc. Also be sure to keep your elbows bent.