Hand Spasm

El Diego
El Diego Posts: 440
edited May 2011 in MTB beginners
On a recent visit to Coed y Brenin while having a great time riding the Beast. I was going down a rocky bit when my left hand completely cramped up, I pulled off the trail and had to individually prise my fingers straight. I ride a hardtail with 100mm travel and was wearing padded gloves at the time.

Has anyone had a similar experience and any suggestions for preventing this from happening in the future?

Ta v.much.

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  • mtb crazy
    mtb crazy Posts: 245
    that must have been annoying, maybe do some stretching hand exercises and warm up your arms before going out riding. i have had a weird expereince where my hands have randomly jerked abit after riding, i know its not the same thing but in your case maybe you were braking harder than you realised and that caused it?
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    It might also be the positioning and reach of your brake levers. Try to set them so that your fingers are barely extended when covering the brakes.
  • Fenred
    Fenred Posts: 428
    Could be lack of hydration or any of the above suggestions. Worth buying a powerball to strengthen hands/wrists/forearms....
  • mtb crazy
    mtb crazy Posts: 245
    i cant work out those powerball things, cant seem to get enough speed or a good enough flick of the wrist to get them to rotate
  • Fenred
    Fenred Posts: 428
    Practise and technique man, get it once and your there....Use the provided strnig to start you off and rotate slowly anti clockwise gradually building momentum. Practise, you'll get it dialled then you can ditch the string and spin it without thought....Youtube for tips.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Fenred wrote:
    Practise and technique man, get it once and your there....Use the provided strnig to start you off and rotate slowly anti clockwise gradually building momentum. Practise, you'll get it dialled then you can ditch the string and spin it without thought....Youtube for tips.
    Are we talking powerballs or limes here?
  • Fenred
    Fenred Posts: 428
    WARNING!!

    NEVER insert a spining powerball, whether the string is attached or not! Acidity is nothing by comparison.... :cry:
  • bennett_346
    bennett_346 Posts: 5,029
    /confused

    You could try running some Specialized Enduro lock on grips, double density vibration absorbing things, i run them and theyre excellent.

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