For me raising the bars too much increased my hand/arm discomfort. It felt like I was trying to push through the bars to get my hands lower so I had more pressure on my hands. The fact that you have trouble when climbing reinforces this to me--your bars are higher in relation to your saddle, and you're trying to lean in and power forward. Try dropping your bars just a teeny bit--coupla mm--and see if it's better.
Steve Frederick, East Lansing, MI On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Mojo <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the replies guys. So this is an observation unique to me, not > others? > > My saddle position is now fixed after years of experimentation, and then > stems/bars adjusted to that. So I am not moving the saddle. > > I typically climb on the ramps or hoods but at times in the drops (one of > the revelations of higher bars- climbing in the hooks!). I climb out the > saddle - 10-20% of the time. Descent hand positions are similarly varied, > most often on the hoods. I don't think I grip the bars differently when I > climb unless its a super hard, short effort. > > I just went for a nice dirt ride with my son on flat bar fat bikes with > plenty of climbing. No hand numbness noted. Hmmm.... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/p_CpgUk5NScJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
