What can cause wrist pain?

on-yer-bike

To do with cycling! Pain in my left wrist that coincides with using my winter bike but could be coincidence. The pain also persists off the bike. The winter bike has the same position but I feel the bumps more than on my other bikes. Its a steel Condor Fratello with Archetype wheels.

itboffin

I have the same problem at the moment I suspect its because my bars are too narrow and the stupidly short head tube.

I'm not riding that bike again until the new year, Jan sales should take care of that one.

ilovegrace

What hand ? The shifting on my bike has not been any good since I bought it , changing gear on the front mech is a decision making process on how much it will hurt my wrist !
Could be the shifting on your stis may be different to your other bike and you are straining your wrist when changing gears.

jgsi

I dont think you need to have your wrist in any massively 'wrong' position for long to get discomfort.
This exaggerated angle

should not be pleasant to hold for any length of time. If possible check the alignment between hand and wrist is a straight as you can make it... otherwise think of a wrist strap to keep it in check possibly.

mm1

Steve Tilford (legendary American racer) blogged about his wrist pain recently, one suggestion was to sleep with a brace to keep the wrist straight overnight.

chrisw12

Might be total left field thinking, but a few times I'd wake up with really bad pain in one wrist, couldn't work out what caused it, thought of the wife beating me during the night :oops: but ruled that out. I presumed it must have been cycling related, but it turned out that it was gout.

Most people associate gout with the big toe but it can affect any joint. You might not have gout, but it might be something which is not cycling related causing the pain.

kinioo

Stop using cufflinks you little pervert :P

on-yer-bike

kinioo wrote:

Stop using cufflinks you little pervert :P

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