Keep getting numb hands when on the road sections of my rides I think because I move my hands around less. I need to move them around more obviously but what good comfy grips are there that can help?

Ritchey WCS foam grips.

have you tried using the specialized gloves with ulner nerve pads?

Position on bike needs looked at .

As far as grips go – ergon gp2 small

I'd definitely go down the Specialized Pro mitt route rather than grips, as billybob suggested.

Try some dual compound grips. I suffer from 'white finger' due to industrial vibration damage and use a larger diameter dual grip and find it helps. Apparently, to off on a bit of a tangent… it is important to keep the pulse point well insulated, your wrists in other words.

trail rat – what do you reccomend as far as position goes?

Already have the specialised gloves and still have the issue

Ergon would be my recommendation (plus the Specialized gloves).

depends what you current position is …

numb hands when on the road sections ( presuming that off road you move about the bike on the road you stay in one position) suggests that you have too much weight on your hands , either too long a top tube/stem combo or your saddles nose down or really big saddle to bar drop.

Its a 456 so the top tube is very long but I have shortened the stem to a 60mm stem. Could try adjusting the saddle slightly

as i said on the last thread – get someone to take a side on photo of you in riding position with the bike propped against a wall.

I used to get numb hands on my old heckler as it had a short top tube but lots of saddle to bar drop – thus i was almost curled over it ! was like being on a TT bike it was so short

said before, but its true – ergon grips and/or spesh gloves

ergons sorted this problem out for me

Good n' Evil grips sorted out my numb sore hand problems

Defo postion is wrong, too much weight over bars.

possible hand/wrist position is wrong

I actually found Spesh gloves *gave* me numb hands…

How much weight do you put on the bars, and what's your saddle->bar reach and drop like?

Good n Evil grips are excellent

Oury grips IMHO are even better (You can get lock-on versions of the Oury's in the UK from Si Paton)

But as others have said – check your riding position. It's possible you are a bit too stretched out. (It's also possible you are gripping bars too tight)

I had similar problems last year. Overcome by:
1) Using gloves with pads. But try/check before buying as 90% of them have pads in wrong place ie the pads don't come anywhere near bars when you grip em, so total waste of time. NC-17 work for me but expensive… and quality is 5hite. Pearl Izumi also seem to have pads in right place but don't seem to make nice MTB gloves.
2) Using bars that have more flex/give like Azonic DW Revenge as opposed to stiff ones like DMR HT Wingbar
3) Loosening my grip on bars during hard climbs
4) Shorter cockpit (move seat forwards)
5) Moving hand position MUCH more often on long climbs
6) Doing more riding after making the changes above
It's completely gone for me now/at moment.

Have a google/read about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and check it ain't that (check what part of your hands go numb ie which fingers). Persevering through CTS is not a good idea as it can make it a lot worse.

I don't rate the Ergon grips and I personally found the theory/science about their design unconvincing. I also found they got in the way when you try to drop your wrists on techy climbs, and they made it harder to grip the bars on rough descents – which for me made it worse. (Having said that…they may work for you)

HTH