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Only cove brake with index finger. Too much pressure on ulnar nerve.
Outside foot needs to be in pedal and pedal is close to floor, you use your weight through that pedal to lower the centre of gravity, weight through inside of foot, so big toe leaning into pedal axle. Lean the bike not you, use the edge of the tire. Look where you want to go not the track infront.
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fingers get super sore
feet acheSounds like a bad case of getting old. How’s your back?
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Outside fingers get super sore on longer descents - maybe coz I'm covering the brakes and they're the only things left gripping or because of bar shape? Thoughts?
I have struggled with this. Ergon GA3s or similar grips with palm support has fixed this for me (thx @spotter)
Also when I started out I was braking with two fingers. Forcing myself to use only use pointing fingers to brake with helped as well -
Relax, and loosen your death grip
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I used to get unbearable finger pain on long descents (at the joints), a combo between death gripping and thin grips. I now use ODI Rogues which are pretty fat and I'm more confident so less death grippage. Also, one finger breaking so good hold on the bars. Do you have a particularly weird bar shape?
Dropper posts obviously help with the danger of getting booted up the arse and over the bars on steep to moderate descents but also with the left, right movement which is part of good cornering technique. Letting the bike lean underneath you into the corner etc basically having all that space between your legs is letting the bike move about like a mad thing while you're solid and also loose on top. So, I'd say just getting used to it is right.
My feet can ache first time on the MTB in a while, as we know road shoes are stiff as and flat five tens are not. I use Shimano AM9 with XTR spds on gravel bike so kinda in-between but a lot stiffer than FiveTens with no issue.
I ride FiveTen Freerider and Crank Bros Stamp 7's in the large variation and they are big (im only UK10). Ultimately though, foot ache isn't an issue, cant remember it really bothering me recently. Less foot wrap on the pedal, I assumed, helps with foot pain. That was my thoughts in getting big pedals and seems to have worked.
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Outside fingers get super sore on longer descents - maybe coz I'm covering the brakes and they're the only things left gripping or because of bar shape? Thoughts?
Descending with a dropper down feels fucking weird with no saddle to thigh feedback and feels double weird when I throw an outside foot down for a #leany (don't lean) corner. Do you just get used to it or am I doing something stupid?
Feet in my FiveTens also ache stood on pedals. Maybe need to look at inner sole with arch support or something. Bigger pedals might help the feeling of foot sliding off the outside? Currently have the plastic Nukeproofs fitted.