Any Tips Re: Hand Numbness?
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Any Tips Re: Hand Numbness?
Any tips on preventing hand numbness? Even with decent gloves, cork bar tape, and what feels like a comfortable and efficient riding position I still get some hand numbness after the first hour or so. Thanks for any suggestions!
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Move your hands around. Dont keep them in one spot.
I move mine around alot and dont have the numbness.
Good Luck
Chaz
I move mine around alot and dont have the numbness.
Good Luck
Chaz
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Originally posted by rjtokyo
Any tips on preventing hand numbness? Even with decent gloves, cork bar tape, and what feels like a comfortable and efficient riding position I still get some hand numbness after the first hour or so. Thanks for any suggestions!
Any tips on preventing hand numbness? Even with decent gloves, cork bar tape, and what feels like a comfortable and efficient riding position I still get some hand numbness after the first hour or so. Thanks for any suggestions!
FYI, I had the same problem, and made some adjustments that helped a lot. The adjustment that worked the best for me was tilting my saddle tip up a bit. This took a lot of weight off my hands. However, there is a delicate balance between numb hands, and numb "other stuff".
Good luck!
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I used to get the same thing, but rotated my bar downwards so that the shifter hoods were lower - so when i was holding on to the hoods my wrists were more straight in relation to my arm...this pretty much eliminated any numbness or soreness i had been getting in my hands.
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Relax your grip, keep elbows bent, change hand positions throughout your ride. If you want to experiment with the saddle move it forward a bit and tilt upwards. That helps move your weight back towards the sit bones vs your arms.