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Old 09-15-2013, 07:19 AM   #4640
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Anyone have any tips to help with numbness in the hands? I seem to get numb really fast even with good gloves that have gel padding, etc. The vibrations just make my hand have pins and needles when biking relatively long distances steadily.

Carbon bars? Posture? What can I do to make it improve? I wear Specialized BG Gel gloves and try to switch hand positions every 5-10 minutes but sometimes I forget and then the hands get numb when I am on the hoods a lot.
I had this for a while, mostly somehow when I was riding down on the drops. I changed the position of the bars and it went away. I'm assuming the angle of my wrist was cutting off the circulation somehow.
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