When I got my Roubaix last spring, I had hand pain.

I had been wearing gloves the year before, and of course, continued to wear them. FIRST thing I tried was new gloves. That made a difference, but did NOT fix things.

As suggested by my bike guys, I rode a couple of hundred miles before we made any changes to the bike. Raised the bars a bit. That helped, but did NOT fix things.

What FIXED things was FIXING ME.

Core strengthening exercises, so that I was using my hands to steer and balance myself more than to hold myself up.

It's a problem again now that I'm starting the new season -- didn't think I'd let myself slack off THAT much through the ski season!

(I do need to look at my glove fit too: nothing else fits this spring, jewelry included, so they could be big this year too, but still gotta do the core work!)

Karen in Boise