Originally Posted by
thenomad
I've got my bike set up fairly good for now, i'm considering a shorter stem but I'll begetting nicer gloves to see if that helps as well. Thanks for the info everyone.
I was a mountain biker and as such MTB gloves do not have a great deal of padding. I did buy a pair of road gloves though but I still got the numb hand syndrome. Then out on a ride and the hands were bad. By luck I decided to look at a different shop to see what gloves they carried. Their array of gloves was enormous compared to my LBS and I tried a few on. My hands still had the ache in them so I knew where I wanted padding----So on with a pair of gloves and see if it covered the numb patch. 25 pairs later and I settled on about 3 pairs and sat on my bike and grabbed the bars. Soon found out which gloves worked so That was the pair I bought. Didn't realise that gloves went that high in price but they work so I am happy(Ish).
Find a shop that has a good range of gloves and try them on. May take some time if it is a good shop and take the credit card with you.