Originally Posted by
cyclinfool
Interesting - I have been getting some numbness as well, from time to time in my hands and feet over the past year. I had not seen the gloves you mentioned - they may be a good option. My shoes are more like 12 years old. I wrote it off to poor circulation and age.
These types of gloves are available from Spenco in the Ironman series (I believe Bev can testify for them), Pearl Izumi in some of their Tour models and seem to be common in this years (or last, hard to tell in the LBS) Specialized models. They are characterized by having 2 pads at the heal of the hand with a space between. They are disigned to protect the medial nerve in that space between the two pads. In my opinion, the idea works well. This may not be the total answer however as this years bike is also 3 cm shorter and the bars have been raised a bit to take some weight off the hands.