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Cher been looking at bars with more sweep to take pressure off and put hands in a more natural position.
I found swapping to push on renthal grips was a huge huge improvement in hand comfort for me.
Grips are a very small part of the equation.
Round ones are. Flat top grips like Ergon support your hand in a completely different way.
@molegrips funny you say that was following the atlas mountain race and noticed that the competitors on flat bar bikes were nearly all running Ergon grips. Not that I will ever cover that sort of distance but there must be a comfort element to using them.
Ergon and fleegle pro fan here. When fitting the Ergons, I half tightened them and rode about, rotating them up/down until the flat part followed the natural line of my wrist/hand to provide maximum support. They are terrific on longer rides due to significantly improved support to the heel of the hand. On bumpy terrain, the stubby bar end keeps hands on bars without the need for a death grip. No more cramp or numbness.
Yes to long rides. My longest ride was 18.5 hours and I finished with no pain except tendons in my ankles. My hands were completely fine.
As advised earlier I’m going to change one thing at a time, so will go with Ergon grips first then if still issues a Salsa bend bar or similar
I tried ergon ge grips they exacerbated the problem
I went for Renthal push ons, they are softer and narrower diameter than most
Now I don't get numb hands
Will look at the Renthal ones. Cheers
What downshep said. I liked the Ergon GP2 so much I also bought a pair of GC1 in Biokork flavour and they made the loop bars a very nice place to be all day long. Note: GP2 give alternate hold with the stubby barends, and GC1 are on bar-taped loop bar so I get to rest elsewhere on the bars when feeling ‘locked’ into same position over time. No numbness from grips though, I just like to change positions frequently usually on long climbs or long flat sections.
Specialized Contour XC Body Geometry grips are good i find.
Has anyone actually managed to buy any Ergon grips from Blacks in their sale? I tried and then got the "we don't have any stock" email. Now the cheeky buggers keep emailing me about them trying to sell me more, when they couldn't even fulfil the original order!
I got some Ergon GD1 Factory grips for £15 in the Black's Sale ...well chuffed with them 🙂
Maybe I'll have to try again.
Depending which ones your buying plus £4.95 postage they’re not that cheap