pain in hands and wrists!!!!!

ADJD

H folks! i,ve just come back from cwmcarn-amazing fun but while riding the jump section at the top i felt a lot of pain in my hands and wrists. i have an Orange G3 with Rockshox Dart3 forks..... as soon as i started riding the singletrack again it was fine. HELP!!!!!

Popeh

There was a similar problem a while back which might help:

http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12581623

Bmjboy

Just come back from Afan myself, and experienced the same problem, my arms/hands and wrists where killing me on the DH sections. It was my first "proper" biking trip and the amount of pain in my arms/hands was surprising.

Firstly, I know I need to work on possibly upper body fitness etc

Secondly, I adjusted my brake lever reach mid ride and this helped enormously - lever is now much closer to bars.

Still got some pain/ache though, mainly in the thumb/palm area where contact is pretty much constant on the bars.

Is there such an excercise, grip or glove which could help alleviate this problem?

I also only really got this on the DH (probably as Im holding on for dear life!! ) as normal regular xc doesnt effect me at all. It only seems to happen when gripping on tightly and clinging onto the brakes.

If anyone has ideas on how to combat this, it would be welcome to a few of us by the looks of it.

ADJD

THANX FOR THE REPLY.I'm convinced the pain is caused by the vibration or shock coming from the front end. i tried loosening my grip but this made no difference.I need to buy some gloves as its gettin colder now maybe that will help.

Thermo1

Ergon make grips which have a flare out the back to rest the heel of your hand on. They come in various sizes and styles to suit most people. Unfortunately, ultra fashion-conscious bikers deride them for being "comfort level" equipment, but I swear by them.

www.ergon-bike.com

ADJD

thanks. i'll check them out....