Excess Pressure on Wrist Fix?
03-07-23, 12:20 PM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Excess Pressure on Wrist Fix?
Duplicate thread.
Last edited by RoadWearier; 03-07-23 at 01:12 PM.
03-07-23, 12:45 PM
#2
I'm good to go!
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 14,997
Bikes: Tarmac Disc Comp Di2 - 2020
Mentioned: 51 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6196 Post(s)
Liked 4,811 Times
in
3,319 Posts
If a drop bar, then I found that narrower bars let me keep my hands and wrists straighter. My new bike came with 42cm drop bar. My older bikes had 38cm wide drops. I changed it to 38cm wide drop and it is a tad more comfortable on longer rides. Not just for wrist and hands, but shoulders too. But... might not be what's your issue.
How you hold the hoods might make some difference too as well as how your hoods are angled.
Still, we don't know what type bike or what handlebar style you use. Nor do we know if a long ride is 20 miles, 60 miles or > 100 miles.
How you hold the hoods might make some difference too as well as how your hoods are angled.
Still, we don't know what type bike or what handlebar style you use. Nor do we know if a long ride is 20 miles, 60 miles or > 100 miles.
03-07-23, 01:13 PM
#3
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Crap that would have helped, wouldn't it?
I ride a Trek FX 7.3 hybrid. I'm not even sure I can raise the bars at all. Usually after 5-8 miles I get pain
I ride a Trek FX 7.3 hybrid. I'm not even sure I can raise the bars at all. Usually after 5-8 miles I get pain
03-07-23, 03:18 PM
#4
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Boulder County, CO
Posts: 4,398
Bikes: '80 Masi Gran Criterium, '12 Trek Madone, early '60s Frejus track
Mentioned: 6 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 514 Post(s)
Liked 451 Times
in
339 Posts
Second, look at your weight distribution Too much weight on the wrists can be caused by a saddle that tilts forward. It should be dead level, or on a flat-bar bike, tilted slightly upward in front. Then look at your saddle setback. Moving the saddle back shifts your center of gravity away from your shoulders.
If all this fails, go to your bike shop and ask to try a stem with a higher rise angle and/or shorter extension length.
03-07-23, 03:54 PM
#5
I'm good to go!
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 14,997
Bikes: Tarmac Disc Comp Di2 - 2020
Mentioned: 51 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6196 Post(s)
Liked 4,811 Times
in
3,319 Posts
If you look at your hands and they are bent back at a angle to your forearms, then that's going to be a problem. You need to figure out what you can do to the setup to eliminate the tendency of your wrist to get bent.
I've always viewed flat bars as the worst possible bars to put on a bike. However I do understand that for the demands of real off road riding that they have a good reason for being. But not on a paved road or most gravel and certainly not for a long ride... IMO.
I've always viewed flat bars as the worst possible bars to put on a bike. However I do understand that for the demands of real off road riding that they have a good reason for being. But not on a paved road or most gravel and certainly not for a long ride... IMO.
03-07-23, 07:52 PM
#6
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Good advice all!
I'll look at seat, bars etc Thursday.
Any suggestions for replacement bars that wouldn't require new brake levers etc?
I'll look at seat, bars etc Thursday.
Any suggestions for replacement bars that wouldn't require new brake levers etc?
