That's not good. Any time I get numb hands while riding (when I'm very very tired and not paying attention to my posture) they stop being numb as soon as I move my hands around or do whatever I need to do to get back into the right position.

OK, here's an update. I went to my LBS a week ago this past Friday. The first thing we checked was saddle height. It ended up being way too high to start. We dropped it close to an inch. I couldn't even touch the pedal shaft with my heel. I rode it for a little while and then we turned the bars up a little. This mad quite a difference but my hands still went numb just not as soon. After reading the article posted above I moved my saddle back about a cm and I also brought the front up a little more. This made a difference as well. After several days it just wasn't feeling right. I looked at the saddle and it had slid all the way back as far as it could go. I loosened it up and moved it forward. I put it just a little further back than the first back ward adjustment I made earlier. I made sure the saddle was level and took my time making sure it was tight. I was concerned not having a torque wrench and having a carbon seat post.

I have been riding about 16 miles each night the last several days. Before I would do 10 and could;t wait to get off the bike. After 16 miles I didn't have any numbness. On a couple occasions on an earlier ride I felt my hands going numb but I was tired and getting lazy with posture. Once I focused again on posture the hands were fine. Tonight was the best ride I have had so far. I still feel like I need to tweak things just a little but I am close.

On thing I found interesting is my speed. I normally ride on the 39 tooth ring in the front. I was averaging about 13-13.5 mph. I could also only reach about 25 and sometimes 26 mph top speed. After the adjustments my average speed has increased to 15-16 mph for a longer ride distance. Top speed have been as high as 32 mph, can't hold that for very long but I get there.

Overall I have made huge progress thanks to you guys. I am enjoying my rides so much more.

Thanks for the help

This is not good. you are pinching a nerve or something. See a doc. The feeling in my hands come back as soon as I take them off the bars and flex or shake my hand.

Glad to know things are working out. But just know that your quest for bike fit won't end there...it usually takes pretty long to dial everything in.

Obviously the quickest and easiest way to do this is to get a pro fit (not lbs fit) but they are expensive.

The thing about this thread is that you learned something about the adjustments you made. Knowing things like what a longer stem will do or what saddle setback is for will help you figure things out in the long run. Oh and make sure you do your reading...that Peter White article is good. There is a lot out there.

Good luck.

Yeah, I can tell there are some smaller adjustments that really need to be made but I'm trying to take my time and ride a decent amount in between adjustments so I can give everything a chance to settle in and figure out what I am feeling. I still kind of feel like I need a shorter stem but at the same time I'm not sure so will just ride for a while and continue to adjust the saddle for now. I may have dropped the height just a touch too far and will look at that again next. At any rate I am comfortable enough to really be enjoying the rides now and that makes a big difference. It's a lot easier to do the exercise when you are actually enjoying it and looking forward to the next ride.

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...Another possibility - wrist angle? Based on the angle of the brifters on the bars...

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I had a similar issue with my bike when it was new. When on the hoods my wrists were bent upwards. LBS simply rotated the bars down a little, and dropped the brifters a bit lower so that when on the hoods my wrists were in a much more natural angle.

Numbness went completely away and never came back.