I'm super glad that you are happy with your move; it shows how we are all different.
I prefer the round grips too - which is why the ‘wing’ ones are sitting in a drawer. The GE1 grips I’ve had for the last year or so are pretty much round.
I seem to get pins and needles after some time in the saddle, and sore wrists / hands when descending and probably gripping hard. All was fine until I put the saddle up!
Very interesting… thanks. I think I’ll stick my Stumpy’s riser bars on for my next ride. I think my current ones have a 10mm rise, and those are about 30mm rise - which would almost cover the inch my saddle has gone up."Handlebar Palsy" from too much weight on your hands injuring your ulnar nerve. Try raising your bars, and consider bars with more back sweep as the angle helps a lot as well.
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What Is Ulnar Nerve Injury?
The ulnar nerve is one of the major nerves of the upper extremity. Injury to the ulnar nerve, known as lesions, can cause symptoms of weakness, tingling, and numbness.www.verywellhealth.com
Cheers.
I can see how that would work… but I imagine at the expense of some stability if making the bars too narrow?
I think I’m at 760mm, but I don’t think I’d like to remove any more! Like you say… everyone is different.I'm super glad that you are happy with your move; it shows how we are all different.
My first mtb was 600 and I noticed the difference when moving to 620mm. Now I'm at 770mm and I cannot imagine going back to 600mm. It would feel dangerous.
Yeah thats true about control, I remember about 30 years ago the hardtail cross-country bikes were running narrow bars but bikes and the trails we ride have changed. I can’t imagine taking s narrow bar down some of today’s steep, gnarly trails and giving up the leverage of a wider bar, same reason forks have become much stiffer laterally to overcome the torque of rough, rutted trails throwing bike offline. All of this being said, you need to consider rider size (wider shoulder, longer arm etc..) and preference in setting up your cockpit.
I'm thinking the riser bar is the way to go. Will test the one on my Stumpy, then get a new one if it works out.
Just a suggestion, if you do need a new bar I recommend the OnUp carbon e-bar. I’ve ridden my factory stock Santa Cruz carbon bar, Renthal carbon bar, Easton carbon bar and the OneUp is best at handling trail chatter while being easy on hands and DH rated.
www.oneupcomponents.com
By raising the saddle, you have changed the angle of your hands to the grips. Try adjusting the angle of the grips so that your hands go back to the same angle they used to be.
I've got similar Ergon grips at home, but never really got on with them. I prefer the round ones...
I was reading the hand pain one on the SQ Lab website earlier. I'm sure the right combination of parts will solve my issue... but it's difficult to diagnose exactly what's required when you don't have a local supplier that you can test them out. It's unlikely sitting in a shop on the bike is going to help anyway. It's not until you've been on the trail for an hour+ that it'd be obvious!
I moved the seat back as it gave me the most comfortable position for my legs pedalling. The seat has gone up 1", and the seat tube angle is 75.8°, so I imagine the movement on the saddle position has only moved a few mm's?
Try a renthal alloy fatbar 31.8mm 40 mm rise. That’s what I now use and it’s great.
SQ Labs X30 already ordered, so will see how that works out.
The slightly raised stem cover is only because that’s what came with the Wolftooth headset. It’s such a bad colour match with the bottom part of their headset, that I’ve ordered an i9 one (and some spacers) to try and get everything the same colour.
