A saddle note that I did not see mentioned yet, pull the nose up, leaving a
flattish area to plunk your sit bones on. Rotates body weight off your hands
and arms and onto the saddle. If you scroll through the Cyclofiend galleries,
you will see many bikes set up that way. (Caveat: This is based on my
observations for men. Women have different pelvic geometry and saddle position
will necessarily differ for them.)
Sit ups do help with back pain issues, but I have not heard they help with
wrist/hand pain. Look to other activities, like extended keyboard sessions with
a too high keyboard or too stiff keys as also contributing to wrist/hand issues.
Tailwinds
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From: Roy Yates <roydya...@gmail.com>
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wed, February 24, 2010 9:11:50 AM
Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Bar height and hand pain... don't know what else to
do...
Besides what everyone else's good advice, it can only help to do crunches to
build the strength of your abdominal core.
>>On Feb 24, 2010, at 1:13 AM, Rene Sterental wrote:
>
>
>>>Can anybody offer more insight into what I might try doing to deal with the
>>>pain in my hands?
>>
>
>Hand *pain* when riding is fairly unusual IME. Focal numbness is common
>enough that there is a name for it: cyclist's palsy or handlebar palsy. It's
>caused by compression of the ulnar nerve and causes numbness of the ring and
>little fingers. .... And as others have said, saddle position and angle might
>be helpful; for one thing, make sure your saddle is not too high or too far
>back (ever since Greg Lemond's book, cyclists have been shoving saddles as far
>back as possible and often too far back).
>
>
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