numb extremities

[MontyVeda]

did a 47 mile ride today, which is on my upper limit... but on the last 10-15 miles, my feet were buzzing with numbness, as were my hands... so much so i could barely push my thumb shifters. (the rest of me was fine)

Normally when i do a 40ish miler, it involves a stop around the halfway mark for a spot of lunch, but today i pretty much rode non-stop.

feeling a bit of numbness in a toe isn't uncommon, but both feet and both hands is new to me... is it all down to not having a proper break halfway through, or am i getting bad circulation in my old middle age?

 

[ColinJ]

What tyres/pressures do you use?

(I get the same kind of problems if I pump my tyres up too hard.)

 

[surfdude]

leprosy ? not that i want to worry you or anything .

 

[MontyVeda]

What tyres/pressures do you use?

(I get the same kind of problems if I pump my tyres up too hard.)

No idea on pressure.... i just do the thumb press test. The tyres are mahoosive Schwalbe Big Apples

 

[ColinJ]

I would be tempted to let some air out of the tyres and see if that felt any better.

 

[lesley_x]

I had the same issue in my hands and feet after only a short distance. Check your bike/shoe fit to make sure there's no issues there. Check your tyres aren't pumped up too hard.

It could be so many things. I went back to docs and they tested my blood, I was folate deficient. The numbness has improved since I starting take folate supplements.

 

[MontyVeda]

I had the same issue in my hands and feet after only a short distance. Check your bike/shoe fit to make sure there's no issues there. Check your tyres aren't pumped up too hard.

It could be so many things. I went back to docs and they tested my blood, I was folate deficient. The numbness has improved since I starting take folate supplements.

i was wondering if I'd tied my laces too tight... but that doesn't explain the hands going numb too.

 

[ColinJ]

i was wondering if I'd tied my laces too tight... but that doesn't explain the hands going numb too.

No, it doesn't, but feet do tend swell slightly on longer rides so I sometimes loosen my shoestraps after 2 or 3 hours.