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Hand pain when cycling? |
I have a road bike and I get pain pretty much right in the center of the palm. It happens usually after about a mile of riding. I was fitted for the bike and this is the only problem. Just to give you some background....I am 5'8" with a 31 inseam. The bike is a 54.5 cm (c to t) with a 54.5 toptube (c - c). It is a 2002 Lemond Buenos Aires. The bar to saddle drop is about 2.5 cm., and I have the saddle tilted very slightly upward. I also have a 90mm stem with a 17 degree rise. Could the bike my too big for me? Maybe I just need to ride more? I am pretty new at this and only ride about 20 miles a week. Thanks in advance. Your bike and stem sounds the right size for you, I suspect your problem is gloves. Its common on a road bike to experience these problems unless you have a decent set of padded gloves, I've just bought some new gloves and after 20 miles my palms start to feel it, so I'm off to try another set. It may help to get some padded cork tape for your bars if you still have palm pain. Hope this helps mate. EDIT:Just saw your additional details and I stand by my answer, IT'S YOUR GLOVES!! - if the ones you tried didnt work then try some different ones with different padding, but it's still your gloves! You seem determined to find another explanation, but unless you have sensitive hands- it's your gloves. End of story. Do you wear cycling gloves with some padding (usually gel)? This helps alleviate hand pain. Well, I don't know enough about bikes to use all the measurements you provided, but I'm an acrobat, so I know a lot about wrists and hands. I don't ride anywhere close to 20 miles a week, but even at a lesser mileage I sometimes experience wrist pain that travels into my palm if I am putting too much weight in my arms while my hands are bent back at too great of an angle. I borrowed my sister's bike, which has drop-down handlebars, and had no pain at all, due to the fact that my hands were in alignment with my arms and my wrists were taking the weight while in a stronger, straighter position. I was able to recreate this wrist-angle (or lack thereof) on my own bike by periodically (mostly on straightaways when I wouldn't need to brake for a while) shifting my hands to the ends of the handlebars with my palms facing inward, letting my fingers hang down. I no longer experience hand pain while biking. Once I get to the gym and do handstands...that's a different story. I realize that my description of the hand positions is hard to follow in words only, but the basic idea is to put weight on a straight wrist, rather than a bent back one. Hope that helps! If it really is an issue of bike-sizing, I can't help you! As others stated, it could be the gloves. But, one thing I work on consistently is changing hand positions often. I spend about 45% of my ride in the drops, 50% on the hoods, and 5% on the "straights". If I am getting really tired, or experiencing hand pains I'll spend more time in the drops because there are multiple positions in the drops. You might check out the article below to see if it has any tips that might help you. http://bandlbicycles.com/page.cfm?pageid... Could be you're holding the hand grips too tight. Try consciously relaxing your upper body, periodically shaking out each hand (one at a time!). Hope this helps. You could also try Aztec Vibe-Wrap. Available online at a ton of cycling outlets (REI, Colorado Cyclist. etc. etc.) for about $25.00 |
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