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It might not be the bars themselves, but rather how they're positioned? Have you tried rolling them back or forward a fraction, as it makes quite a difference either way
I can't get my hands comfortable at all if the bars are rolled forward, whereas I know people who find the complete opposite
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Nah, it's like the second ride on this bike and the first one that was longer than an hour. I'm making notes and tweaking stuff as I notice it.
My elbows are out so my wrists are cocked inwards rather than outwards like they would be if you just held them out. This might be bad, I've no idea.
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It might not be the bars themselves, but rather how they're positioned? Have you tried rolling them back or forward a fraction, as it makes quite a difference either way
@hippy actually when I think back to when I started MTBing in later life hand pain was one of the things I struggled with and rotating the bars back so that the upsweep was level with the ground pretty much sorted it out. I've also got some SQ labs grips which I would say were better than the Ergons, they've got more cushioning.
hippy
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I've got PRO Koryak (sp?) bars that maybe put my wrists in a weird position but I've not ridden it enough to work it out. I moved the brakes closer to the grips but I'm still 1-finger braking so I have plenty two bigger fingers on the bars. I wonder if the little fingers were just rattling off the ends of the bars? I had this during Paris Brest on the road bike and the trick was to hold the loose fingers together so they didn't "rattle". Bit hard to explain.
Another note I took was that the shifters bump my fingers so I think I want to shift them further away independently of the brake levers. The SID grips are very thin and hard and I have big hands - that's why I was thinking fatter, softer grips might help back off the grip and offer some padding too.
Yeah, having not seat under me feels odd. I guess also there's a bunch of muscles being used that a normally doing nothing because I'm sat down for all descents. It's knackering!
I also have Shimano flat shoes so I'll give those a go next time. IIRC they have a slightly stiffer sole. I need to put my Catalyst midfoot pedals on - they're not wide but they have a very long platform which helps stop the shoe bending over the front/back. I don't have them handy at the moment but something like the Crank Bros pedals could be an option.
Because I'm riding midfoot, the FiveTens are only 85mm wide at that part of the shoe and allowing for my UK12 to clear the cranks I'm probably hanging my shoes off the side of the Nukeproofs (they're 100mm wide in the middle)
Crank Bros: 114mm x 111m (Large) would give an extra 11mm at least which could help.