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Originally Posted by 10 Wheels
(Post 21829219)
Time for a test ride on a recumbent Trike.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...4c331ccccc.jpg But I agree 100% on your post. It is the logical thing to do. |
Originally Posted by rsbob
(Post 21830237)
Lots of ok suggestions above, but they all missed the ultimate solution: a unicycle! Your welcome.
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As I've mentioned in another post, you should be able to feel like you can easily bias your body weight fore or aft at any given moment of the ride. Wrist pain should primarily hint towards poor fit causing too much weight to hang over the front of the bike. However, a combination of the following factors are likely to be involved:
1. A combination of different stabilizer muscles in your body, including your core and lower back, failing to maintain good posture 2. A combination of incorrect stem length and saddle position attempting to compensate for an overly long top tube or reach, or an overly short stack. 3. if the pain is this significant, unless you simply rest too much weight on your wrists due to insufficient support from your core, usually this would simply point toward a poorly fitting frame, to which not even the shortest of stems could alleviate. This means, that you are more than likely in need of a different fitting frame, or at the very least ditch the long stem and drop bars before attempting to address the issue of wrist pain from a secondary perspective, such as installing cushier grips, using wrist braces etc. I would suggest focusing on full body toning and strength workouts (full core and spinal erector strengthening at the very minimum) so that you can engage more of your stabilizer muscles while centering your weight into the cranks, using these muscles to improve balance/stability while keeping weight off your saddle/hands, which should merely be contact points for the purpose of surveying road surfaces;specifically around corners, rather than simply resting the brunt of your weight into, |
Originally Posted by rydabent
(Post 21905355)
Gee---------------I have been warned not to use the R word or the T word so much on this forum.
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The nose of a conventional saddle keeps your weight from sliding forward. In my opinion, 'noseless' saddles (if you are referring to the type of saddle I think you are) are a false solution for comfort because they force you to adjust other parts of the bike into less-than-optimal positions. A properly adjusted conventional saddle centres your hips over the bike and holds most of your weight in one fore-aft position.
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Assuming the bike fit is right, larger tires at lower pressure solved my hand issues.
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A recumbent bike or trike would absolutely cure hand pain. That was the main reason for me going that route. However, it's usually implied that the person asking wants to keep their current bike; so it becomes a question of what adjustments to make to help. Raising the handlebars, moving the saddle back, tilting the saddle's nose up slightly, extra padding, gloves, are all places to start.
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