Slowman
Likes Dirt
The Back Yamma Bigfoot being a fairly flat course means a couple of things. Lots of pedaling and not a great deal of position changes on the bike. Both my hands were going numb, though, the left was worse as it didn't need to do much shifting.
Because I have grip shift I have smaller lock-on ODI stationary grips (100mm instead of the standard 130mm). I think the problem is the metal lock ring in the middle. I have full width ODI lock-ons with trigger shifters on my other bike and no real dramas. The lock ring in the middle (adjacent to the shifting grip) kind of impinges on the bottom of the palm where there is a sort of cleft. Both my little finger and ring fingers went numb and tingly and it is only today that the numbness has completely gone!
Has anyone tried silicon grips? I have taped over the ODIs with road bar synthetic cork tape to see how that goes, seemed to feel all right on this morning's ride - it didn't bring it on again.
A lot of the time grips seem quite comfortable on rides of a couple of hours but once you go over 4 or 5 then you start to notice they start to get uncomfortable.
What do others use for enduros? And any tricks?
Because I have grip shift I have smaller lock-on ODI stationary grips (100mm instead of the standard 130mm). I think the problem is the metal lock ring in the middle. I have full width ODI lock-ons with trigger shifters on my other bike and no real dramas. The lock ring in the middle (adjacent to the shifting grip) kind of impinges on the bottom of the palm where there is a sort of cleft. Both my little finger and ring fingers went numb and tingly and it is only today that the numbness has completely gone!
Has anyone tried silicon grips? I have taped over the ODIs with road bar synthetic cork tape to see how that goes, seemed to feel all right on this morning's ride - it didn't bring it on again.
A lot of the time grips seem quite comfortable on rides of a couple of hours but once you go over 4 or 5 then you start to notice they start to get uncomfortable.
What do others use for enduros? And any tricks?