Specialty Brake Hoods?

[Tuckervill]

You could just tape over the hoods and build them up bigger, like we used to do with our boyfriend's class ring.

I have carpal tunnel syndrome and I usually have to make things like paintbrush handles bigger with duct tape so I can go for the long haul. It bothers me some on the bike, but I take B6 and it helps. If I were doing longer distances, I'd build up the hoods with bar tape to make them cushier and bigger.

Karen

[SouthernBelle]

How wide are your bars? If your bars are too wide, your arms end up splayed out throwing your weight forward onto your hands. So it may not be the hoods but the bars.