I have finally given in to Grant's bar height philosophy. Please forgive me
for my past transgressions. On my Roadeo I raised my bars slightly above my
saddle and I am much more comfortable and able to spin as before ( I am 65
).
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It's interesting that you get less hand pain when you are not wearing
gloves. I don't know if this will help, but here some things I've noticed:
I have relatively large palms and stubby fingers. The most hand pain I ever
experienced was when I set up a pair of thick and soft Ourey grips on a
moun
I find that a butt back position supports more of my torso with the back
muscles and so puts less on my hands. Look at Peter Jon White's article on
fitting: he, too, recommends a butt back position.
FWIW, I have my bars 2" below saddle and I often ride in the hooks, and I
don't wear gloves (except
On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 23:13 -0800, Rene Sterental wrote:
> I can't find a position where I will ride with no pain in my hands..
>
> I've removed neck and shoulder pain after switching to Rivendell
> bikes, but I can't get rid of the hand pain. Raising or lowering the
> bar doesn't seem to make a
I can't find a position where I will ride with no pain in my hands.
I've removed neck and shoulder pain after switching to Rivendell bikes,
but I can't get rid of the hand pain. Raising or lowering the bar doesn't
seem to make a difference. If anything, it seems to me that raising it
actually make
