On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 08:41 -0800, Rene Sterental wrote: > Thanks everybody for their feedback and suggestions. I don't get any > numbness or tingling; it's just pain on the palm from the pressure of > the bar. I do have to keep moving my hands, but in general no matter > how I move them, whichever part of the palm that is bearing the > pressure hurts. When riding hard it tends to diminish as I'm pressing > harder on the pedals; when riding leisurly they hurt more as I'm not > pressing so hard on the pedals. I usually try to pedal at higher > cadences (90+) to relieve my knees, so the hands end up bearing more > weight, but it's not a huge difference.
Your hands shouldn't be bearing much weight. > > The saddle position is not an issue, as I had already learned to > adjust the B17 properly to eliminate sliding forward on it, and > learned to accept the nose up position as normal. That's angle. How about fore-and-aft? I know this has been suggested to you, and I'm going to suggest it again: check the fore-and-aft position of the saddle. One of the key symptoms of it being wrong is your being forced to carry a lot of weight on your hands. When the saddle is in the right place you ought to be able to "scrunch down on the saddle with your butt cheeks" and lightly rest your hands on the bars like they were resting on the keys of a piano. You won't always ride in that position, but you ought to be able to do it. If you can't, it's very likely because the saddle's in the wrong position. Also check the stem extension. My experience has been that putting the bar too close to me forces a lot of pressure on your hands. > I'm pretty much fit so that my knee is slightly behind the pedal > spindle; if I push the saddle further back to relieve hand pressure, > then my knees start complaining loudly. > > I had already considered rotating the M-bars but had been very > conservative. I'll try more aggressive rotation and see how that goes. I think it's been mentioned before, but whem M-bars first came out with the XO-1 many people, perhaps 1/3 or more, were totally unable to find a comfortable position with them. They either work or they don't, and for many people they just plain don't. > > The noodle bars on the AHH do provide more hand positions and bother > me less than the M-bars, so I may try setting the Bombadil with a set > and see how it goes if rotating the M-bars doesn't provide any > relief. > > I'm hoping that losing weight and strengthening my core might help as > well... Those are good things in and of themselves. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
