Originally Posted by
George
I wonder if the carbon bars would help me. I have rheumatoid arthritis and sometimes I hurt pretty good after my rides. Mostly elbows and wrist. Thanks.
I don't have arthritis but I did have a problem with my hands getting numb as I rode, losing feeling that is, for many years and I just thought it was some defect in my body when cycling so I just put up with it. After I got carbon bars though, it totally went away.
That was on a carbon bike, so I wasn't sure it was the bars (could have been the frame) but then I got the same bars on my Ti bike (FSA K-Wing) and numb-hands-syndrome went away on that bike too.
Still have it a bit on my steel bike (with alloy bars) but I just use that bike for commuting, so no big miles (16 round trip) and I just live with it on that bike.
Of course YMMV, but that's my experience.
Rick / OCRR