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I ride a steel Lemond with carbon forks and what I guess are aluminum bars.
When in the drops, the pressure and vibration hurts the hands. Are carbon bars the solution? Phat tape from Specialized? Comments? John P. |
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On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 18:47:41 -0500, "John Park"
wrote: I ride a steel Lemond with carbon forks and what I guess are aluminum bars. When in the drops, the pressure and vibration hurts the hands. Are carbon bars the solution? Phat tape from Specialized? Comments? John P. Somewhat. But why not try the cheapest solution first? Bar Phat pads (not just fat tape) will help quite a bit, but will make your bars slightly fatter. They are relatively cheap though. I have had good luck with them. My experience with carbon bars is that they do lessen road shock noticably, but are expensive and flex too much for my liking when I stand to sprint. I prefer my Deda Newtons with Bar Phat. Some carbon bars will be a lot less flexible, but as a result probably soak up less road shock. |
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John Park wrote:
I ride a steel Lemond with carbon forks and what I guess are aluminum bars. When in the drops, the pressure and vibration hurts the hands. Are carbon bars the solution? Phat tape from Specialized? Comments? The first thing to suspect when you have hand discomfort is the fit. You probably are carrying too much weight on your hands. I suspect your bars are too low or too far forward. Another possibility is that your saddle is tilted downwards, forcing you to use your hands to push backwards to stay on the saddle. No, carbon bars won't solve the problem. -- terry morse Palo Alto, CA http://bike.terrymorse.com/ |
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On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:32:25 -0700, Terry Morse
wrote: John Park wrote: I ride a steel Lemond with carbon forks and what I guess are aluminum bars. When in the drops, the pressure and vibration hurts the hands. Are carbon bars the solution? Phat tape from Specialized? Comments? The first thing to suspect when you have hand discomfort is the fit. You probably are carrying too much weight on your hands. I suspect your bars are too low or too far forward. Another possibility is that your saddle is tilted downwards, forcing you to use your hands to push backwards to stay on the saddle. No, carbon bars won't solve the problem. Whoops, I missed that possibility entirely. Thanks for pointing that out. You are absolutely correct. |
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"Terry Morse" wrote in message ... John Park wrote: I ride a steel Lemond with carbon forks and what I guess are aluminum bars. When in the drops, the pressure and vibration hurts the hands. Are carbon bars the solution? Phat tape from Specialized? Comments? The first thing to suspect when you have hand discomfort is the fit. You probably are carrying too much weight on your hands. I suspect your bars are too low or too far forward. Another possibility is that your saddle is tilted downwards, forcing you to use your hands to push backwards to stay on the saddle. No, carbon bars won't solve the problem. -- terry morse Palo Alto, CA http://bike.terrymorse.com/ I stopped by my LBS this PM and front bars went down about 3/4" - - - seat went up about 1-1/2" - - - seat went back about 1/2". He said I may wish to spend most of the time on the hoods, and use the drops only when the need arises. The fact that I changed the way that I ride and that I wend clipless accounted for most of the changes I think. Thanks for all the advise to all who replied. Seems that throwing money at a problem is not always the best way to go. John P. |
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