Wider bars?
lugsey2k5
Posts: 960
Hello.
Iv recently been getting a lot of wrist pain and the outside of my hands take alot of the pressure when riding. I have a XL lappiere zesty 514 with 690mm bars. Would fitting a wider bar help with the pressure on the outside of my hand by straighting the angle my arms meet the bars at. Currently the outside of the grips are very worn in comparison to the inside.
I ride xc to light Dh.
Iv recently been getting a lot of wrist pain and the outside of my hands take alot of the pressure when riding. I have a XL lappiere zesty 514 with 690mm bars. Would fitting a wider bar help with the pressure on the outside of my hand by straighting the angle my arms meet the bars at. Currently the outside of the grips are very worn in comparison to the inside.
I ride xc to light Dh.
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I think wider would make it worse. Try bars with more backsweep.0
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how long is your stem?
a shorter one will make you sit up a bit more which reduces some pressure on your wrsts and puts some of that weight onto lower back.
mind you, a shorter stem will affect your steering a bit too (make it a bt quicker and more sensitive) but on the plus side, it will make getting off the back of the bike a bit easier too.
swings and roundabouts.0 -
I think the standard one is 70mm? Might see if i can borrow a friends to try out
Wouldn't more backsweep make it worse? meaning my hands would be more twisted to hold the bars?0 -
more back sweep would make your hands sit at a straighter angle.
you might find that you can roll your bars backwards a touch, this may have an effect or sweeping the bars back.0 -
Will try adjusting the bars too tomorrow.0
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Or new grips...those Ergon ones with the palm rest piece...apparently very very comfy and helps remove discomfort...never used them myself but a few of the folk I ride with have them and swear by them.The Quest for Singletrack is Endless...0
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Just as person above, alot of people have good luck with the ergo grips made by various companies. Seem to work well.0
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I suffered for years with pain in my left hand following surgery f-ing up my Alner nerve. On any ride it would always ache to hell and I just kind of got used to it. I tried running a single ergo grip for a while, which helped but the pain soon came back en-force. I just fitted wider bars as I fancied giving them a go and on the two rides I've done, with both being over 4 hours, I had no pain at all! Well worth a go if you have tride in vain with your current setup IMHO!0
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if you're a big lad anyway then I would reccomend getting wider bars. I moved from 680 to 711 and felt the difference. However I think i'm going to go wider still up to either 745/760.
If you start bigger you can always cut them down a bit if they are too wide for you.
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im 6.5 but rather skinny but will try adjusting current bars if not will try the wider bar option.
Any recommendations for a AM bar? Probably something around 710mm? £60 ish.
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Whcih part of your hand is causing the trouble exactly? If it is the front side of the end of the grip, wider bars will make it worse. More sweep will bring the angle more naturally to where your hands want to rest.0
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its the top side of the very end of the bars.
Made a highly detailed and very accurate drawing.
Wouldn't more sweep twist my wrist more?0 -
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I look at it this way. Put your hands out in front of you, palms down.
Now move them away from each other: they start to rotate around your body. However a wider bar with the same sweep will mean the ends of your hands are further back than a narrower bar, thus placing more pressure there.
I think the extra sweep wiill turn your wrists into t position they want to lie at naturally, reducing the pressure.0
