Numb wrists and hands?
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andytheflyer
Guru
- Location
- South Cheshire
Yup. Ride a recumbent!
I get the same P&N on my DF bike, so I use both bikes to give my creaking body a change. Works for me.
I also have gel pads under 2 layers of bar tape on the DF bike, and I wear Spesh gel gloves. Not needed on the recumbent!
I get the same P&N on my DF bike, so I use both bikes to give my creaking body a change. Works for me.
I also have gel pads under 2 layers of bar tape on the DF bike, and I wear Spesh gel gloves. Not needed on the recumbent!
Heisenberg71
When you're dead, you're dead
- Location
- Wakefield
Play around with the seat and bar position. If you have too much weight tipped forward onto your hands then numbness can set in. Trying lifting and/or tilting the bars slightly or even tilting/sliding back the seat position slightly. You want a natural position where hands are resting on the bars, not supporting your weight.
Also, drop your shoulders. All too often we catch ourselves with straight arms and locked elbows. Drop your shoulders, bend your elbows and use your core/abdominal muscles to support more of your weight. The difference will be quickly recognisable.
Also, drop your shoulders. All too often we catch ourselves with straight arms and locked elbows. Drop your shoulders, bend your elbows and use your core/abdominal muscles to support more of your weight. The difference will be quickly recognisable.
Ihatehills
Senior Member
- Location
- Cornwall
Wot he said
When I got my new bike I was having this problem, I persevered for a couple of weeks thinking that I just needed to get used to a slightly different position. After no improvement I tried gloves, which helped but only lengthened the distance before my wrists started getting sore and my hands numb.
Long story short, I tilted the saddle nose up ever so slightly, it looked level before and it still looks level now, and it completely cured my wrist problems. I realised what it was when I tried to ride with no hands and was struggling to keep myself from slipping forward. Now if I can just work out what to adjust to make my legs stop hurting whilst pedaling really hard up steep hills I'll be sorted
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
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- Land of confusion
It might sound counter intuitive but i used to get bad hands and shoulder and it turned out i was too far forward , moving the saddle back meant i had more behind counter balancing the weight on the hands .
Have a look at this , "point of balance "
https://www.stevehoggbikefitting.com/bikefit/2011/05/seat-set-back-for-road-bikes/
Have a look at this , "point of balance "
https://www.stevehoggbikefitting.com/bikefit/2011/05/seat-set-back-for-road-bikes/
' You want a natural position where hands are resting on the bars, not supporting your weight.'
This is what I've always worked to, but it does puzzle me the number of 'roadies' I see with the saddle height well above the handlebars and often the rider has a sizeable rucsack on his back as well. Does this not put a lot of weight forward onto the arms & hands plus raise the centre of gravity with the rucsack- ?
This is what I've always worked to, but it does puzzle me the number of 'roadies' I see with the saddle height well above the handlebars and often the rider has a sizeable rucsack on his back as well. Does this not put a lot of weight forward onto the arms & hands plus raise the centre of gravity with the rucsack- ?
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
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- Land of Lincoln
Do you use cycling gloves? Loosen the velcro straps a bit.
Stu Smith
Veteran
- Location
- Lancashire
Had a bike fit a while ago and the fitter turned both my shifters in slightly...Didn't think my upper body was un-comfortable are achy before the fit.. but it sure felt better after.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Ive not got round to changing the stem/bars on my commuter, although the frame is the same, the donated stem and bars are larger and although I don't get numb hand, they get a little sore and I could see that leading to numbness if I didn't have good core strength 
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roger06
Über Member
I grip them very lightly.
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roger06
Über Member
Thanks for the advice. I will try to tilt the saddle back a little. I raised the saddle about 1cm a while go and went to raise the bars as well to correspond, but I can't work out how! Looks like I need spacers or something on the stem. I've tilted them back a little but any further would be too much...
