Go Back  Bike Forums > Bike Forums > Road Cycling
Reload this Page >

Handlebar?

Search
Notices
Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

Handlebar?

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 03-30-16 | 01:00 PM
  #1  
Thread Starter
Senior Member
5 Anniversary
 
Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 1,094
Likes: 173
From: South Italy

Bikes: BMC SLR01; Cannondale Trail; Custom steel gravel.... plus 5 vintage

Handlebar?

Hi guys , i broke with bike many years ago.... now i'm starting again.

After some runs i noticed an ugly sensation on my hand, seems there is not too space on the handlebar.
the old one was long 400mm , so i buyed a new one but this time an 440 version.

Here the difference from the old: (the numbers are the grip point.)
https://s28.postimg.org/c33r3x4u5/20160330_195706.jpg

Do you think is too big for my body measure?
here my shoulders length compared with the new handlebar.
https://s28.postimg.org/3m48t0059/20160330_195921.jpg

Do you think i made a mistake?
CrowSeph is offline  
Reply
Old 03-30-16 | 01:16 PM
  #2  
Senior Member
 
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 2,076
Likes: 1
From: Tulsa OK
Handlebars being too narrow would cause shoulder and neck discomfort. Hand pain is likely either a bad fit of having death grip on the bars constantly.
therhodeo is offline  
Reply
Old 03-30-16 | 01:23 PM
  #3  
Maelochs's Avatar
Senior Member
5 Anniversary
 
Joined: Oct 2015
Posts: 15,917
Likes: 3,944

Bikes: 2015 Workswell 066, 2017 Workswell 093, 2014 Dawes Sheila, 1983 Cannondale 500, 1984 Raleigh Olympian, 2007 Cannondale Rize 4, 2017 Fuji Sportif 1 LE

If you just started riding again, likely you are not used to holding yourself up with your legs and core, and are supporting most of your weight with your hands, which wuill cause pain and numbness. You might need to raise the bars some until your core (stomach and lower back) and legs get used to ridding again. A wider or narrower bar shouldn't have that much affect on your hands.
Maelochs is offline  
Reply
Old 03-30-16 | 01:23 PM
  #4  
Thread Starter
Senior Member
5 Anniversary
 
Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 1,094
Likes: 173
From: South Italy

Bikes: BMC SLR01; Cannondale Trail; Custom steel gravel.... plus 5 vintage

Originally Posted by therhodeo
Handlebars being too narrow would cause shoulder and neck discomfort. Hand pain is likely either a bad fit of having death grip on the bars constantly.
Thanks for your answer!

mmm , that explain a lot!
Mostly after a ride i had a spine/neck discomfort.
On my hand is not a really "discomfort" is a sensation of a lack of space on the handlebar.
CrowSeph is offline  
Reply
Old 03-30-16 | 01:30 PM
  #5  
Thread Starter
Senior Member
5 Anniversary
 
Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 1,094
Likes: 173
From: South Italy

Bikes: BMC SLR01; Cannondale Trail; Custom steel gravel.... plus 5 vintage

Originally Posted by Maelochs
If you just started riding again, likely you are not used to holding yourself up with your legs and core, and are supporting most of your weight with your hands, which wuill cause pain and numbness. You might need to raise the bars some until your core (stomach and lower back) and legs get used to ridding again. A wider or narrower bar shouldn't have that much affect on your hands.
My bar is already raised to max
on the past years i focused a lot on the bike weight , now i'm revisiting my confort (since the real weight is tooo far away from the paper calculation).
I ordered a new saddle (SMP stratos clone , sadly a clone becouse the cost of the original product is way too high) and the new handlebar.

I'll post an image of myself on the bike , an opinion is always appreciated.
CrowSeph is offline  
Reply
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
SamSam77
Hybrid Bicycles
7
07-03-19 12:15 PM
redryder74
General Cycling Discussion
5
02-12-14 07:11 AM
TurbineBlade
General Cycling Discussion
5
01-28-12 09:12 PM
guadzilla
Road Cycling
4
05-30-10 12:52 PM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off



Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2026 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.