xpc316e
Veteran
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK
I have recently returned to riding conventional bikes after a spell on recumbents. I used 'bents because of having a shoulder replaced due to arthritis and numbness in my hands when on a DF bike.
I have found that a lot of my shoulder pain has much do with the width of the bars. On Sunday I rode my new hybrid with flat bars on a 50 mile ride; after only 10 miles my hands were really quite painful despite frequently changing position and using the bar-ends. I stopped and exercised my hands for a few moments and got back on without really looking forward to the rest of the ride. Miraculously though, I had no more hand pain/numbness for the rest of the journey, even though I changed nothing about the way I rode.
Has anybody else experienced this rather weird state of affairs?
I have found that a lot of my shoulder pain has much do with the width of the bars. On Sunday I rode my new hybrid with flat bars on a 50 mile ride; after only 10 miles my hands were really quite painful despite frequently changing position and using the bar-ends. I stopped and exercised my hands for a few moments and got back on without really looking forward to the rest of the ride. Miraculously though, I had no more hand pain/numbness for the rest of the journey, even though I changed nothing about the way I rode.
Has anybody else experienced this rather weird state of affairs?