Gotta agree with Steve here. On my recently sold Atlantis, set up with Albatross bars, did have the occasional bout of hand pain.
Rene, I feel for you. Hand pain (numbness) made me give up riding for many years. Even now, it will flare up. The Rivendell summer gloves seem to be evenly padded and work for me. But maybe not for others? Spenco gloves (even the Ironman style) don't seem to work as well. Or they will work, but have to replace them every couple of months. Do run with my leather saddles fairly nose up. Helps get the butt back. Might be worth while to invest in some cable splitters. That way you could swap bars/stems and not have to fiddle too much with brakes and shifters. Good luck. And please let us know what solutions end up working for you. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Feb 24, 1:27�pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 11:20 -0800, Jim M. wrote: > > If you can't find any positions that are comfortable, you need better > > advice than you can get off the internet. If it's as much as a problem > > as it sounds, your bicycling position may alleviate discomfort but > > it's not going to fix the problem. Taking most of the weight off by > > using Albatross bars may allow you to ride, though, while you seek > > professional medical help. > > I found I needed around 4 cm /more/ stem extension than I'd been using > to get the weight off my hands. > > Also, I'm not convinced an Albatross style bar is a very good choice for > getting weight and pressure off the hands. �In almost all the cases I've > tried (admittedly, North Road Raised rather than the genuine Nitto > Albatross) that type of bar has been very uncomfortable in terms of hand > pain for me. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
