AlanW
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I have finally moved into the world of hydraulic brakes, but for whatever reason my fingers are now going numb after just a few miles?
I don't have a problem on any of my other bikes, only this new bike with the hydraulic shifters? I've spent the last few days jiggling around with different positions, changing stems, rotating bars but all to no avail. I rode into work this morning on mu usual everyday hack and noticed that with my conventional Ultegra brakes, and old style/shape bars, I tend to have the palm of my hand on the other edge of the shifters.
With the hydraulic shifters, the body of the shifter is so much wider and also longer to accommodate the hydraulic reservoir, plus the bars also a lot flatter to allow for RHM from the tops to the hoods.
The numbness is pressure related, because I assume that I am putting more on the palm of my hand now that before when my hand tended to sit in "a well" when on the hoods.
The problem is I'm not quite to sure how to resolve it? The drop from top of the saddle to the top of the bars is dramatically reduced from my normal set up, four of my bikes the drop is circa 60mm. I've now reduced it down to half that on this new bike and still it seems that I am putting to much pressure on the palm of my hands? I've also tried a couple different pairs of track mitts with different types of padding and it made no difference.
Plus, as the body of the shifters are 15mm longer than std braked shifters, its trying to find a compromise between riding on the tops of the bars and on the hoods
Or....maybe as its a different riding position I just need to get used to it?
I was wondering if anyone else that had gone to hydraulic discs and has experienced the same problem?
I don't have a problem on any of my other bikes, only this new bike with the hydraulic shifters? I've spent the last few days jiggling around with different positions, changing stems, rotating bars but all to no avail. I rode into work this morning on mu usual everyday hack and noticed that with my conventional Ultegra brakes, and old style/shape bars, I tend to have the palm of my hand on the other edge of the shifters.
With the hydraulic shifters, the body of the shifter is so much wider and also longer to accommodate the hydraulic reservoir, plus the bars also a lot flatter to allow for RHM from the tops to the hoods.
The numbness is pressure related, because I assume that I am putting more on the palm of my hand now that before when my hand tended to sit in "a well" when on the hoods.
The problem is I'm not quite to sure how to resolve it? The drop from top of the saddle to the top of the bars is dramatically reduced from my normal set up, four of my bikes the drop is circa 60mm. I've now reduced it down to half that on this new bike and still it seems that I am putting to much pressure on the palm of my hands? I've also tried a couple different pairs of track mitts with different types of padding and it made no difference.
Plus, as the body of the shifters are 15mm longer than std braked shifters, its trying to find a compromise between riding on the tops of the bars and on the hoods
Or....maybe as its a different riding position I just need to get used to it?
I was wondering if anyone else that had gone to hydraulic discs and has experienced the same problem?