Thanks Clayton. That context makes sense. In your 'armchair expert' opinion, is the Albastache a fundamentally bad handlebar for everyone, given that everyone has roughly the same hand anatomy? Or is it mainly bad for those people whose hands are already wrecked from the sum of their previous hand-activities?
Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 8:35:08 AM UTC-8, Clayton wrote: > > E. I chose “E”. > > The surgeon drew little “x’s“ on my hand and the surgeon said ‘No pressure > here.’ I came home and went to work on a bar swap project and tried: > Nitto 13’s off road drop, Salsa woodchipper, Albastache, Ahearn, Sycip > singles bar, Carver Ti bar and original WTB drops from the eighties. The > flat bars were the best for not hitting the ‘x’. Out of the rest, I chose > the original WTBs with tons of padding to put the pressure on the fat thumb > muscle, rather than the heal of my hand. The Albastache was the worst. > > I’m an ex firefighter paramedic with knowledge of anatomy and > physiology.... I’ve had three carpal tunnel surgeries and have received > lots of advice from MD’s on this... “I’m an armchair expert”. 😏 > > Most everyone’s nerve is in the same area. At the base of your palm, on > the pinkie side, there is a bony lump. Just in front of it is where the > ulnar nerve is, and is exactly where the Albastache’s outer curve hits, no > matter where I put my hand. When evaluating bars, the first thing I check > is nerve ‘clearance ‘. Buried somewhere in my Instagram feed is a picture > of the ‘x’s’ she drew. #dirtdancedesigns .....I can’t post photos or I > would. > > Hand numbness sucks. Protect your nerves. > > Clayton DDD -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
