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Never had it before on any of my bikes - but my new Mega is giving me a bit of hand pain.
My hands feel really heavy on the bars when seated.
Currently have my seat quite far back and lower rise bars (20mm) than my other bikes.
Geometry is obviously newer on this bike so steeper seat tube angle.
So what do I need to look at adjusting?
If it feels like you have too much weight on your hands, I'd try raising the stem (do you have some steerer length to play with?) and / or getting some higher rise bars.
How level is your seat? Maybe a fraction higher on the nose or bring it forward a bit on tbe rails
Bars with more rise
If it's new has the steerer been cut, if not can you move the bars up by swapping spacers about
Thanks all.
Already gone up on the spacers - so might swap the bars out.
How level is your seat? Maybe a fraction higher on the nose or bring it forward a bit on tbe rails
I find this makes a massive difference for me. If a seat is too tipped forward I find I lean a lot on my arms to stop me sliding forward, I doubt I actually would slip off the front but think I must do something to compensate for the feeling. I tip them back as far as I can before it gets uncomfortable.
Thanks will try tipping the saddle.
Just need to work out how to do it on the one-up dropper.
I'm going to disagree with the advice to tip the saddle nose up. That puts more pressure on 'soft tissue" which means you then put more pressure on the hands.
You want the saddle nose down by a couple of degrees which forces you to engage your core muscles which is what gives you posture and holds your weight off your hands.
Get the tape measure out and compare bikes.
My experience with longer reach bikes with steeper seat tubes is that you need your bars higher unless all your pedalling is up steep climbs.
Google Steve Hogg bike fit saddle position. I was getting the same issue on my road and mtb. Basically he explains that your riding position is like squatting. If you try squat without sticking your bum out you'll fall forward. If your saddle isn't gar enough back You'll fall forward and your hands will take the weight.
My new clockwork had a setback seatpost and it was a comfy bike. I bought a non setback dropper and now my hands hurt.
Dont move back too much. But by bit until you feel a little relief.
“If you try squat without sticking your bum out you’ll fall forward. If your saddle isn’t gar enough back You’ll fall forward and your hands will take the weight.”
This is very true. But most dropper posts now have little or no setback and on many bikes seat angles have massively steepened in recent years. So your only option is to bring the bars up and/or back so your torso can be more vertical and thus correct your balance.
Wind in low speed compression damping in the shock by a couple of clicks worked for me after I was given the same advice
How does the bar width compare to bikes that you're comfortable on? Bars being too wide can cause hand discomfort.
Whitestone - all my bikes have the saddle slightly nose up and I still sit on my sit bones not the perineum
Its a very personal thing but this stops me sliding forward and putting too much weight on hands
If this was when descending I would say try more pressure in the fork, I had lots of issues with my hands and started going softer and softer on the forks to no avail. Have now gone from roughly 30% sag on my fork to 18% and get no issues. I guess sag could impact bar height when sat, worth a try.
Thanks all.
Made a couple of adjustments to saddle position and that has helped a bit.