Callous pain

paul.skibum

With a somewhat poor winter for snow in Whistler last year, I started riding far earlier than I normally would in the season. Started cracking out rides in Feb and did some decent distances and trails since late march.

As a result my riding callouses on my hands are like small flesh based mole hills this summer but have of late started being actually painful. Not so much whilst riding but more in general life.

Anyone else experience this? Without wishing to either sound like too much of a metrosexual perfumed fop or actually to soften them to the point riding hurts my hands, is there any suggested treatment to stop them becoming the pointy edged weapons they currently are?!

kajjal

Have you tried different gloves and mitts?

Angus Young

Do you not wear gloves? Are your grips made of sandpaper? How do you get callouses riding a bike (assuming gloves and decent grips)?

BloggingFit

Aloe Vera Gelly.

paul.skibum

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19669990#p19669990]Angus Young[/url] wrote:

Do you not wear gloves? Are your grips made of sandpaper? How do you get callouses riding a bike (assuming gloves and decent grips)?

I had some specialized gloves, switched to TLD recently. Similarly had some Chromag grips and recently went to ODI waffle. I always get some sort of callous but its usually just a little lumping up of the skin at the base of my fingers (aside from the index which isn't around the grip but on the brake instead) however this year they are more pronounced than last and in both years riding in Whistler bigger than prior years in UK/BC interior.

I assume the rougher more prolonged downhills are a factor for sure - a good days riding involves 1000m vertical for me so we are not talking inconsiderable time in the saddle and that could be 3-4 days a week too. They don't particularly hurt on the bike but they are stinging like a bitch right now at my desk!

Angus Young

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19670029#p19670029]paul.skibum[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19669990#p19669990]Angus Young[/url] wrote:

Do you not wear gloves? Are your grips made of sandpaper? How do you get callouses riding a bike (assuming gloves and decent grips)?

I had some specialized gloves, switched to TLD recently. Similarly had some Chromag grips and recently went to ODI waffle. I always get some sort of callous but its usually just a little lumping up of the skin at the base of my fingers (aside from the index which isn't around the grip but on the brake instead) however this year they are more pronounced than last and in both years riding in Whistler bigger than prior years in UK/BC interior.

I assume the rougher more prolonged downhills are a factor for sure - a good days riding involves 1000m vertical for me so we are not talking inconsiderable time in the saddle and that could be 3-4 days a week too. They don't particularly hurt on the bike but they are stinging like a ***** right now at my desk!

Yeah, I guess the big riding is going to take its toll. I'm not doing anywhere near that so I've got hands like a baby!

mike hunts alpine

I get them from wearing my summer gloves on the bike and weightlifting. They tend to get sore when they thicken up, a bit cannibalistic but I just bite them of or get some scissors and cut the hard layers away.

step83

I usually soak my hands in hot water for a few minutes then they usually scrape off.

Angus Young

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19670132#p19670132]mike hunts alpine[/url] wrote:

I get them from... ...weightlifting. They tend to get sore when they thicken up, a bit cannibalistic but I just bite them of or get some scissors and cut the hard layers away.

Yeah, I used to get them from weightlifting. And pretty much the same, I used to nibble at them. Now I ride I realise I should have worn gloves when lifting, would have saved a lot of aggro.

The Rookie

One of those 'eggs' for shaving the hard skin off feet works just well on your hands, doesnt dig into 'normal' skin at all.