How does my bike fit me?

[canonsue]

I also have a problem with foot numbness. It does not matter which bike I ride. I have taken the advice I found here about wiggling toes, etc.

-Sue

[Cataboo]

If you're using gloves & they've got gel padding in the palm... sometimes that can exacerbate hand numbness. I had to rip the padding out of mine, because they were making hand numbness worse.

You can swap your handlebars for ones that curve back towards you and have more hand positions... Look at maybe the mustache handlebars or the cruiser ones... Make sure they're ones that say they will take mountain bike shifters (the bar end shifter only ones are too thick for your mountain shifters to slide on to) ... they'll give you more hand positions to use. Soma makes some nice ones, or you can look on velo orange. then there's the nitto bars as well.

[indysteel]

If you're using gloves & they've got gel padding in the palm... sometimes that can exacerbate hand numbness. I had to rip the padding out of mine, because they were making hand numbness worse.

You can swap your handlebars for ones that curve back towards you and have more hand positions... Look at maybe the mustache handlebars or the cruiser ones... Make sure they're ones that say they will take mountain bike shifters (the bar end shifter only ones are too thick for your mountain shifters to slide on to) ... they'll give you more hand positions to use. Soma makes some nice ones, or you can look on velo orange. then there's the nitto bars as well.

True, about padded gloves. It helps to just try different things.

[spokewench]

You could try a few different things. You have a really short reach on your bike right now, which is probably fine for your weight, the time you have been riding, etc. For hand numbness, you can try different gloves, add bar ends to the end of your bars which will give you a different hand position so that you can switch out your hand positions when you are riding and that will help your hands. Usually, foot numbness is caused by shoes that are too tight. If you are wearing a heavy sock, try a thinner sock and see how that works for you. Try Loosening the fasteners on your shoes whether they are velcro or shoe strings. I could not tell what kind of pedals you have, but foot numbness can also be helped by using a pedal with more of a platform vs. a small platform for your foot to sit on. That is something you can change out if you find nothing else works.

spoke