Finger pain

Pkomor

I know that this has been discussed here before, but i'm not sure if it is the same problem.

After about 3/4 of an hour of cycling (dirt,park,trails, light downhill) I get a pain in the little and ring fingers of both hands (but worse in the ring fingers!) The pain is amplified by bumps and rocks, but it disappears after a few minutes rest, only to reappear after a few minutes of riding.
Both me and my brother and my friend all suffer occasionally and I was wondering if it was a common problem and what we should do about it!
cheers, Pete.

CraigS

ulnar nerve? Wear gloves. http://www.specialized.com/bc/microsite ... n.html?x=y

Pkomor

could be, sounds about right!
I was wearing gloves, but they have no padding in that area, so they wont have been providing any protection at all!

does anyone know how effective these gloves are?

hastings

i wear the spesc gloves to stop the pain but i still get the problems and my ring fingers hurt (mainly my left one) for maybe a day or two after riding

Dr_Death

What CraigS said.


If you are still getting the pain it could be your position on the bars. Try rotating the shifters and levers a little to alter the position of your hands. Remember, a little change at a time. If that fails try adding or removing a spacer from your headstack.....

chilledsandwich

I used to get real pain in a lot of my fingers, especially on descents where I was covering the brakes. I used one of these and it definitely helped, no more pain

chris_mbuk

ive never had any pain with my hands, buy some decent gloves at least 30 quid + with padding ul be fine

ride_whenever

Or you could try bars with different sweep back, try and borrow a friends for an afternoon, might just put your wrist in a better angle. On one mary bars are a radical example...

dirtbiker100

ride_whenever wrote:

On one mary bars are radically awesome

i corrected it for you

I never usually get it but randomly i was at the skatepark on my bmx and got it the other day. hadn't ridden bmx or mtb for a few weeks so that could be it. don't know why i got it then but not normally.