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for the past two years i have been riding a full sus which i love. But i have recently invested in a cotic soul which i also love. I took it to Llandegla today and i just tended to ride round just as fast as i would on my full sus. The only problem i had was my hands seemed to be really shaken to the point i had a bit of pins and needles. It was almost like the fork suspension wasnt working is this a normal feeling and if so what can i do to make it a bit easier on my hands.
Gloves, Ergons, shorter stem?
I think you have to sort of loosen your grip slightly and keep your wrists / arms from tensing up more when it gets really shaky on a HT.
Or pick a better line.
carbon bars will take some of the sting out of the trail
Assuming you're not running 500 psi in your front tyre or something silly, i'd say it sounds like the fork needs servicing.
Surely a HT shouldn't suffer from any more front end buzz than a FS?
As above, maybe the forks are a bit broke
Bars/Brake levers at a funny angle? Lever bite point to far out?
Possibly your geometry is different on the HT i.e. bars lower = more weight on them. Also I would think the unsuspended wheel's movement transmitted through the frame would result in some fore/aft vibration at the bars. I seem to get sore hands after a few hours on my hardtail for what I thnk is this reason. Loosening grip slightly and keeping elbows bent seems to help.