pins and needles in hands during riding

Hi everyone, I'm new to the biking scene and have taken to riding to and from work, approx 6 miles each way. I have ben doing this since christamas and have noticed that on the latter stages I tend to get numbness/pins and needles in my hands ( mainly the left). In all respects I'm medically fit so think that it may have something to do with my set up. Any ideas :?:
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Take a look at the Ergon grips. Specialized also do similar for a lot less money.
Mike
I also seem to get it to a lesser degree with some pairs gloves on, they don't feel uncomfortable, I think they just apply pressure to the wrong areas.
Mainly my ring finger goes quite dead!
Maybe just not used to wearing that wedding ring yet!
I may try changing my grips and i tend to move my hand around more during the ride.
Doctor reckon its carpal tunnel syndrome, but i beg to differ, symtons are pins and needles in small/ring/and middle finger, and i need operation, but when im working or "active" it goes .. seems strange.
I have had serious pins & needles while riding my Beone hardtail. I only get it on the right hand side - well it starts at my right elbow travels down the outside of my right arm into my right hand, little & 3rd finger :x I am convinced that it is the riser bars... when I had my Scott Scale I had a similar problem that stopped when I changed from Scott riser bars to Ritchey WCS flat bars & bar ends. Regarding tyres, I took the Maaxis off and replaced them with Michelin Country Rock for the commute, some improvement was made - most likely due to the lost of vibration from the tyres / road..
But the biggest improvement yet came when I changed my seatpin for a more laid back FSA one and topped it with my old Selle Italia Prolink saddle. The severity of the pins & needles is only half what it was since the change, this must be a position related issue for the majority of people, and I only hope when I switch to flat bars i'll be laughing again
Andy B
Colnago Active 2004
Guerciotti Alero 2008
Cinelli Vigorelli Road 2018
Colnago C60 PLWH 2018
Spesh Body Geometry gloves are specifically designed to stop this numbness and work a treat.
All I did was to rotate my bars back about 1 inch to change the angle slightly and the feeling went away.
Hmmm beanston I agree, though I would still like the change to flat bars & bar ends for the extra options you have for hand positions, maybe making a fine tuning of your position somewhat easier ? I still feel as if I have a lot weight being placed through my hands onto the bars, especially when carrying a rucksack.
Andy B
Colnago Active 2004
Guerciotti Alero 2008
Cinelli Vigorelli Road 2018
Colnago C60 PLWH 2018
What a load of old tosh.....
Trust me, I'm a doctor!
http://www.vimeo.com/DrDeath
Most of them have been covered by others above - changing your bars from flats to risers (or vice versa); moving your position slightly fore or aft (layback post, longer or shorter stem); Rotating the bars to adjust your contact position or adding some padding over the nerves that become trapped (comfier grips or gloves [Specialized BG gloves in particular]).
A few people will be getting symptoms like this because they have developed something like Carapal tunnel syndrome. This tends to affect your grip strength and give you pins and needles over your middle and index fingers and is not usually related solely to riding, it's caused by pressure to your median nerve as it passes under the transverse carpal ligament.....
Trust me, I'm a doctor!
http://www.vimeo.com/DrDeath
Giant OCR
If its not any of the above then try having a play as forearm/tendon pain in the back of hands and pins and needles have all been caused by over reaching or under reaching the fingers for the brake (and consequently gear) levers
Mountain bike skills courses in Northants/Milton Keynes for the uninitiated!
Not such a daft idea if you think about it. Veins being superficial and having non return valves